Blog entries - July 2008

Brian Jay Jones: Holy Washington Irving, Batman!

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Readers of the HVBlog know full well that we are huge fans of Brian Jay Jones for many reasons, not the least of which is because he graciously sits in for us on occasion, allowing us to put down our pens...err...laptops, and let his fingers do the talking.

Now, with The Dark Knight all the rage (94% fres [...]

Kykuit is the cover in Northeast Antiques

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Philip Alvare, a writer who visited the Rockefeller estate on a sunny day in June, has authored for Northeast Antiques one of the best pieces on Kykuit HVBlogger has ever read. And, HVBlogger is delighted to see that it is in fact the cover story in the August issue of this widely read pub [...]

An environmental job corps grows at HHV, Part II

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So what was the motivation behind launching the Youth Conservation Corps? As fans of the organization know, Historic Hudson Valley has long been committed to environmental conservation.

Now, the YCC is a way to use its historic sites as contemporary learning laboratories with an environmental focus. Goals [...]

HHV gala in the news

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Coverage of Historic Hudson Valley's recent Hudson Valley Hero Gala honoring Joseph Cotter and his National RE/sources is starting to turn up in various outlets online. Check it out at:

New York Social Diary

Panache Magazine

Norwalk Advocate

More coming I'm sure...

An environmental job corps grows at HHV, Part I

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The Civilian Conservation Corps, one of the best-known "alphabet soup" initiatives created by President Franklin Delano Roosevelt during the Great Depression, was such a popular work relief program t [...]

Rethinking Nelson Rockefeller on his 100th birthday

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Today marks the 100th anniversary of the birth of Nelson A. Rockefeller, the third child of John D. Rockefeller, Jr. and Abby Aldrich Rockefeller and the man responsible for throwing open the doors of Kykuit, the family's grand Pocantico Hills estate, to the public.

The governor of New York from 1959 to 1973 and vic [...]

Fourth of July wrap up

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The weather held and folks came out for a little sunshine and history at Friday's Independence Day celebrations at Van Cortlandt Manor and Sunnyside.

In the top photo are gentle [...]

Fabulous Fourth events featured in Journal News

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Yes, HVBlogger acknowledges the 50% chance of a shower, but c'mon, you can't just sit inside on the start of a long holiday weekend! HHV has two offbeat events today -- Independence Day 1808 (Van Cortlandt Manor) and Independence Day 1858 (Sunnyside). How often do you get to choose your own time period?

The Journal News saw fit to publish a cover story on today's events, featuring the most clever lede (the opening sentences, for you non-journo types) HVBlogger has s [...]

Scenes from a dinner dance

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