Part One (HERE) took a look at how cemeteries can reflect movements and trends since our earliest years as a country. We continue our 250th Anniversary celebration by exploring local […] Read more »
The signing of the Declaration of Independence in 1776 – marking our official break from British rule – was celebrated for the first time with cannon fire, public readings of […] Read more »
Even before the Declaration of Independence was signed in 1776, our oldest cemeteries and churchyards in the River Towns (Old Dutch Church, Sleepy Hollow, 1673); Sparta Cemetery, Ossining,1764;) had already […] Read more »
This article is offered in tribute to Founding Father Benjamin Franklin – writer, editor, printer, publisher, bookseller, and coffee-drinker. He was known to regularly patronize the cafes in London and […] Read more »
The River Journal joins this year’s celebration of the 250th anniversary of the founding of America with a series of articles throughout 2026 highlighting people, places, or things in the River […] Read more »
The River Journal joins this year’s celebration of the 250th Anniversary of the founding of America with a series of articles throughout 2026 highlighting people, places, or things in the River Towns that […] Read more »
Where can first graders in Tarrytown learn how to use chopsticks in China, taste brigadeiro in Brazil, pick up football tips in France, practice Kanji calligraphy in Japan, and join lively dances in Chile just steps […] Read more »
What? Tap dancing in Tchaikovsky’s classic ballet The Nutcracker? Not what you might expect when watching a December performance by the Westchester Ballet Company, right? But that’s the whole point. WBC is changing things up as part of their 75th anniversary, and this production sets the stage. Says Executive Director, Amy Harte, […] Read more »
Where to go, what’s new, and how to keep up with Tarrytown and Sleepy Hollow events. For months, the villages of Tarrytown and Sleepy Hollow have been planning and […] Read more »
For 52 nights this fall, 10 acres of the Van Cortlandt Manor historic site in Croton-on-Hudson will be transformed by the Historic Hudson Valley creative team into the Great Jack […] Read more »
