April 3rd, 2010 Time 11:00 A.M.
Sleepy Hollow Cemetery 160th Anniversary Celebration
Cost: FREE
Location: Enter cemetery main gate at 540 Broadway (Route 9), Sleepy Hollow, New York
Celebrate Sleepy Hollow Cemetery's 160th anniversary and the birthday of author Washington Irving. The celebration begins at 11 AM in the Washington Irving Chapel with the presentation of proclamations to the cemetery board. Proclamations will recognize Sleepy Hollow Cemetery as an important repository of American history, as well as its recent inclusion in the New York State Register of Historic Places. Then the party gets going with birthday cake in honor of Sleepy Hollow Cemetery and Washington Irving (born April 03, 1783). After refreshments, enjoy free tours to visit famous sites throughout the cemetery plus other special events.
Sleepy Hollow Cemetery is well known for its famous and infamous residents. Residing here are a notorious counterfeiter, wealthy merchants, powerful business leaders like Andrew Carnegie, William Rockefeller, and Elizabeth Arden, and Washington Irving, author of "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow."
Thursday, October 29th, 2009
Hector St. John de Crevecoeur - Orange County Farmer, Visionary of the Revolutionary Era
Presentation by Richard Hull, Phd. October 29th, 7 P.M at the 1915 Erie Depot Museum, 19 Winkler Place, Chester New York.
Saturday, October 31st, 2009
Centuries of Orange County Archaeology
Incorporated Orange County Chapter of the NYS Archeological Association Symposium ,October 31st, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m at the Valley Central Middle School, 1189 Rt 17K, Montgomery, NY
Download Final 2009 sym. Flyer
Saturday, November 7th, 2009
The Restoration of the 1915 Erie Museum
Presentation by Cliff Patrick, Chester Town Historian, at the 1915 Erie Depot Museum, 19 Winkler Place, Chester, New York.
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