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Irvington in the Movies – A New History Film Series

Turn back time and hop aboard the Twentieth Century Limited, also known as the Hudson River Line, with Cary Grant and Eva Marie Saint in Alfred Hitchcock’s classic North by Northwest.

Shown for the first time on the big screen in Irvington’s Town Hall Theater, the film will be introduced by local historian Thom Johnson with a brief lecture titled “North by Northwest Through Irvington and Beyond.”

This event is the debut installment of a new History Film Series, being co-sponsored by the Irvington Historical Society and the Town Hall Theater, that will feature classic movies that include scenes of Irvington.

Date: Thursday, December 8
Time: 7:00 p.m.
Location: 85 Main Street (Town Hall Theater)
Tickets: $15 at irvingtontheater.com and include
complimentary beer and wine; popcorn and snacks can be purchased during the show.

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Irvington Historical Society Fall Fundraising Benefit

On Saturday, September 10, 2016 from 1:00 to 5:00 pm, the Irvington Historical Society is hosting their annual Fall Fundraising Benefit.

Taking place at at the historic Carmer Octagon House (on the Aqueduct in Irvington), the benefit will feature tours of this historic mansion as well as the reinstated 19th Century Lord & Burnham greenhouse.

For tickets, go to http://www.irvingtonhistoricalsociety.org/

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2016 Road To Freedom

Sunday, August 7 at 1:00 pm at Gould Park

Join the Walk led by fife & drum and the Second New York Regiment reenactors as we follow along the route of the Continental Army as they departed Dobbs Ferry for Yorktown, Virginia, on August 19, 1781

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Then, at 2:00 pm at Mead House, Dobbs Ferry Historical Society Headquarters, 12 Elm Street, join us for a free, all-ages program:

  • IMG_8383Talk to costumed reenactors about life in the Continental Army
  • See historical artifacts and reproductions, including a tent, uniforms and everyday items used by soldiers, Native Americans and colonists
  • Kids can muster in and drill with the 2nd NY
  • Learn about fashion and makeup from a lady of the period
  • Refreshments will be served
  • Make your own ice cream sundae

Road to Freedom 2016 is a shared initiative of the Dobbs Ferry Historical Society and the Village of Dobbs Ferry.

Early New York as a Model for the Nation

A Conversation with Patricia Bonomi,
Richard Borkow (Interviewer), and the Audience

2:00pm April 3, 2016
Mead House, 12 Elm Street, Dobbs Ferry

Don’t miss this discussion about colonial New York with noted historian and Irvington resident, Dr. Patricia Bonomi, Prof. Emerita  of History at New York University and author of A Factious People.

Among the topics:

the factious politics of colonial New York
the landmark Zenger case
the first political parties of New York State

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Admission is free and all are welcome!

 

 

An Afternoon Tea on the Porch

The Dobbs Ferry Historical Society presents an Afternoon Tea

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in celebration of Mother’s Day, and the opening of
our newest exhibit of turn-of-the-century baby and children’s clothing

Please bring a photo of your favorite Dobbs Ferry “Mom”
that we may scan  for our archive collection !

Sunday, May 15th 1:30 – 3:30 p.m.
The Mead House
12 Elm Street
914-674-1007

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Baby clothes for 2016 exhibit
Baby clothes for 2016 exhibit