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Native American Talk / Wickers Creek History
On Saturday, Nov. 11, Fort Montgomery State Historic Site, Educator, Peter Cutul will present on the history of Wicker’s Creek. Drawing on information from archaeological excavations, historical sources, and a video featuring Theresa Johnson of the Delaware Nation at Moraviantown, he will paint a picture of what Native life may have been like for the ...
Road to Freedom Walk / Dobbs Ferry 150, Sunday, October 15, 2023
Road to Freedom Walk starts at Gould Park at 1:00pm. Led by fife and drum, we follow the path of the Continental Amy as it began the march from Dobbs Ferry to the Battle of Yorktown in Virginia on August 19, 1781. At 2:00pm at the Mead House, we celebrate the 150th anniversary of the incorporation ...
Annual Meeting
Please join the Board of Trustees in celebrating a full year of activities at Historical Society. Our annual meeting will be held at the Mead House this Sunday, October 1, 2023. Time : 5pm. Wine and cheese will be served!
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Road to Freedom Day 2022
The day is Sunday, August 19, 1781. Despite the rain, General George Washington orders his troops encamped in and near Dobbs’s Ferry to assemble along the ferry road (today’s Ashford Avenue) close to the junction of the Albany Post Road (today’s Broadway). With this “parade for the march,” the soldiers assume that, at long last, ...

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