This session, recorded as a Liberty Minute for Huntington's 250th anniversary of American independence, was scheduled for June 16, 2026 at 18:45 UTC. No agenda or minutes were available, and the raw transcript contains no city council business, public comment, or voting items. Instead, the presentation recounted local Revolutionary War history.
Welcome to this Liberty Minute, part of Huntington's celebration of 250 years of American independence. When news of the adoption of the Declaration of Independence reached Huntington on July 22nd, 1776, local patriots ripped the Union Jack and the words George III off the flag flying on the Liberty Pole on the village green, resulting in a red flag with the word liberty on one side. The removed items were stuffed into an effigy of the king, which was hanged from a gallows. In addition to the flag remnants, the effigy was stuffed with gunpowder and exploded. The Huntington Liberty Flag was carried by the Suffolk militia in the Battle of Long Island in Brooklyn the next month. During the celebration of the bicentennial, the Liberty flag was designated as the official flag of Huntington. After the Battle of Long Island, the British Army occupied Long Island for the duration of the war. They used the island to gather supplies for the larger army presence in Manhattan. Crops, livestock, and cordwood were stored on the village green to be shipped into Manhattan. A small fort was built on a hill to the east of the village green to guard the eastern approach. Thanks to the sacrifices of generations of Huntington Patriots, liberty endures.