National Parks Traveler
White Plains National Battlefield Site was proclaimed in 1926 and placed under War Department administration. The site was then transferred to the National Park Service for administration under terms of the Federal Reorganization of 1933. Being listed as a National Park System property, it was authorized for development as a national park.
This never happened. During the next two decades, the National Park Service didn't buy or acquire any battlefield land and didn't build any facilities. No development at all occurred, unless you count the placement of three descriptive markers. In 1956, the National Park Service quietly dropped the White Plains National Battlefield Site from its list of National Park System properties.
Local residents then took over. In 1958, the Battle of White Plains Monument Committee was organized to identify, preserve, and protect sites associated with the battle.