April 2012
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Apr 29th
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The Chancellor's Sheep and Wool Festival at...
Yesterday, I told you all about the sheep that I saw at the sheep and wool festival at Clermont last weekend, and the wool things that are made from their fleece. Today, I thought I would share about some of the other animals and people I got to meet! Did you know that sheep are not the only animal that you can spin yarn from? Fur from several different animals can be spun… even from a...
Apr 28th
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The Chancellor's Sheep and Wool Showcase at...
Yesterday, I told you that I got to attend the Chancellor’s Sheep & Wool Showcase at Clermont State Historic Site, and I explained a little about why they hold a sheep festival there in the first place. Today, I thought I would show you some of the neat things we got to see and learn about. Being a sheep and wool festival, I did get to meet some sheep! A friend helped me get a closer...
Apr 27th
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The Chancellor's Sheep and Wool Showcase at...
Whew! Last weekend was busy, but I got to see a lot of neat things, and meet great people! On Saturday, my friend Bob the Livingston History Sheep invited me to come with him to the Chancellor’s Sheep and Wool Showcase, at Clermont State Historic Site! Since it was a festival that celebrated sheep, Bob had his own tent, and was even a clue in the scavenger hunt for children. Pretty neat! ...
Apr 26th
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Apr 26th
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My friend Bob (the Livingston History Sheep) asked me to join him at the Sheep & Wool Festival at Clermont today. I can’t wait to meet some sheep, see the pretty wool yarn, and to learn more about the Livingston Family! Stop by and say hello (Bob is even handing out autographs!)
Apr 21st
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People Who Preserve History: Benjamin Smith and...
Last Friday, I got to meet Benjamin Smith and Alex Culpepper, from the magazine Patriots of the American Revolution. Their time in Kinderhook at the village green was just one stop on their “Knox Trail Honor Walk.” So what is the Knox Trail, you ask? (I certainly did!) The story begins all the way back during the American Revolution. In 1775, the city of Boston was under seige by...
Apr 19th
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Last week was school break week again- that means I spent the week doing neat history activities with fun kids! We made marbled paper, poetry gardens, stitched samplers, and studied the shapes that make up the architecture of Kinderhook.  By far, my favorite day was when we baked some Dutch recipes- just like the Van Alen family might have eaten! First, we made a bar cookie, called Jan Hagel...
Apr 16th
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Apr 5th
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Happy birthday, Washington Irving!
Today marks the 229th birthday of the author Washington Irving. Irving lived in Tarrytown, NY and wrote many stories set in the Hudson Valley.  You may have heard of some of them: Rip Van Winkle and The Legend of Sleepy Hollow are two of his best known stories. Irving also wroteKnickerbocker’s History of New York,under the pen name Dietrich Knickerbocker. The cover of the 1894 edition of...
Apr 3rd
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An Architecture Tour of Columbia County: Beaux...
I thought I would actually start my architectural tour of Columbia County with a very important building: The Columbia County courthouse!  Did you know that the current courthouse is actually the fifth that Columbia County has had?  The first one was in Claverack, and the second in a different location  in Hudson.  The third and fourth were located on the site of the current courthouse, but both...
Apr 3rd