Fabulous Fourth events featured in Journal NewsPosted: Jul 04 2008
Posted by HVBlogger in Van Cortlandt Manor, Sunnyside, Special Events, Media |
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 seen in quite some time:
Cannnon-wielding soldiers and hotheaded debaters might seem like a dangerous combination. Luckily, they're miles apart.
Oh, and Crotonblog had a few things to say about us, too.
Click here to buy tickets online. (Psst...used discount code USA and your 5-17 year olds get in free.)
Jennifer Pena and her Flight of the Raptors show is one of HVBLogger's favorite parts of his favorite springtime HHV event: Animals & Acrobats, which kicks off today (right now, as we "speak"!), at Van Cortlandt Manor in Croton.
Sunday was a sunny day at Sunnyside, made all the more so by the dozen artists scattered throughout the grounds creating new works of art on site as part of Artists-on-the-Hudson.
