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Patriots’ Weekends
In the
Hudson River Valley
New York State began celebrating the 225th Anniversary of the American
Revolution in 2000 and will continue through 2009.
The Hudson River Valley Institute will focus on a significant
historical event relating to the Revolutionary War in the Hudson Valley
225 years ago for each year through 2008 as a part of our Patriots’
Weekends.
Re-enactments, public-oriented historical lectures by
nationally known historians, and ceremonies honoring those who fought
for America's independence will be the Weekend's key features.
Patriot’s
Weekend 2002
From October 3rd to the 6th, we celebrated New York State in the American
Revolution, the bicentennial of the United States Military Academy at
West Point in 1802, and the 225th anniversary of the Battle of Fort Montgomery
on October 6th, 1777.
Patriots'
Weekend 2003
September 19th through the 21st we will be celebrating the 225th Anniversary
of General George Washington’s encampment of Fredricksburgh in 1778
near present day Pawling, Patterson, Putnam, and Southeast NY. The weekend
will kick-off with a lecture here at Marist College before moving to General
George Washington's encampment at Fredricksburgh in 1778, between present-day
Pawling and Patterson, NY. Events will take place at the encampment as
well as the John Kane House, and the Quaker Meeting House.
Patriots'
Weekend 2004
July of 2004 will commemorate the 225th anniversary of two battles in
1779; Stony Point, on the Hudson River in Rockland County, and the Battle
of Minisink, in Sullivan County. The weekend will begin with the Charlotte
Cunneen-Hackett Lecture in Hudson River Valley at Marist College and feature
re-enactments at both of these battlegrounds.
Patriots' Weekend 2005
In September of 1780, Major Andre was captured in Tarrytown with proof
of General Benedict Arnold’s betrayal. Andre was hanged in Tappan in
October of the same year, less than a week after Arnold successfully defected
to the British lines. We will begin with the Charlotte Cunneen-Hackett
Lecture in Hudson River Valley at Marist on Thursday September 29th.
There are lectures planned at the USMA West Point and the Tarrytown
Music Hall for Friday September 30th, and commemorative celebrations of
these events will take place in both Westchester and Rockland Counties
Saturday and Sunday October 1st and 2nd.
Click here for PDF of the 2005 Brochure
Patriots' Weekend 2006
The weekend will begin with the Charlotte Cunneen-Hackett Lecture in Hudson
River Valley at Marist College to be followed by events in Westchester
and Rockland counties to commemorate the march of the French Army under
General Rochambeau to Philipsburgh, NY, to join General Washington's Continental
Army for the siege of New York City in July-August 1781. Both armies then
marched south to win the Battle of Yorktown, VA.
Patriots' Weekend 2007
Patriots' Weekend 2007 encompassed three weekends of events. The first commemoration
occurred on April with General and Mrs. Washington arriving in Newburgh. Reenactors
who marched the Washington-Rochambeau Revolutionary Route from Rhode Island to
Virginia crossed the Hudson at Stony and Verplank Points on their way back in
September, and the Continental Army established what would be its final encampment in New Windsor at the end of October.
Patriots' Weekend 2008
The weekend will begin with events at New Windsor Cantonment, in New Windsor, followed by events on the river and in Tappan, and Constitution Island in Cold Spring.
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