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In colonial America, it was common for enslaved men and women in rural areas to keep a provisioning garden to grow vegetables they most wanted…

You know The Legend of Sleepy Hollow from the countless movies, cartoons and other adaptations. The tale of Rip Van Winkle is thoroughly ingrained in American culture. But how…

There’s a new movie in the theaters, just in time for the holidays. The Man Who Invented Christmas, starring Dan Stevens of Downton Abbey fame, is a rollicking period…

You might expect a show with “Christmas Carol’’ in its name to feature music of some kind. Historic Hudson Valley’s presentation of Dickens’s ‘Christmas Carol,’ coming to…

There’s a reason why the Hudson Valley inspired Andrew Jackson Downing—one of America’s founding fathers of landscape design. In a time of Industrialism, he advocated…

Just 35 miles from midtown Manhattan, Croton-on-Hudson is an idyllic retreat sitting at the confluence of the Croton and Hudson Rivers. But don’t mistake the…

When most people think of a historic site, they think in terms of its significant buildings. But sometimes that place is also home to a…

Discovering art doesn’t necessarily mean trekking into the city to visit a major museum. There are plenty of hidden gems all over the Hudson Valley,…

David Rockefeller Sr. died peacefully in his sleep on the morning of March 20, 2017, at his home in Pocantico Hills. He was 101. David…

“As for me, I will seek wool and flax, and work willingly with my hands; and indeed there is occasion for all our industry and…