God Bless America

Attend a true colonial church service with costumed re-enactors and a period appropriate liturgy at a historic church that played a key role in the Revolutionary War.
Old St Peter’s Church in Cortlandt Manor, erected in 1767 is where General George Washington frequently worshipped when in the area. During the war, the church was used as a field hospital by French General Rochambeau’s troops before and after the decisive battle at Yorktown, Virginia. Eight French Revolutionary War soldiers are buried near the church. The site is recognized as part of the Washington-Rochambeau Revolutionary Route National Historical Trail. In the surrounding cemetery are buried two men who played notable roles in Revolutionary War: Brigadier General Seth Pomeroy (a hero of Bunker Hill) and John Paulding, one of the three captors of Major John Andre (the British spy involved with Benedict Arnold).