Upcoming events in Stony Point, NY.

Don’t miss “The New York Campaign of 1776: 250 Years Later.”  Saturday, August 29. 1:30-2:30PM at the Stony Point Battlefield State Historic Site.  Just weeks after the adoption of the Declaration of Independence, the British Army and Navy conquered the New York City area in a sweeping campaign with a handful of hair-raising battles, testing the Continental Army with the full might of the British military. Site Historian Mike Sheehan will present a lecture with maps and illustrations on this gripping and dangerous year of the American Revolution, when the cause was almost lost before it could really begin.  CLICK HERE for more information.

Don’t miss “The World of Rebecca Franks!” Saturday, September 5. 1:30-2:30PM at the Stony Point Battlefield State Historic Site.  Site Interpreter Joanne Stein-Kohler has studied the Jewish experience in America in the years leading up to and after the American Revolution, through the lens of Rebecca Franks, the “Jewish Belle” of Philadelphia who married General Sir Henry Johnson. He had been in the command of the British garrison at Stony Point but was forced to surrender the post in 1779 at the Battle of Stony Point. FREE event!  CLICK HERE for details.