“Historic Hudson Valley was formally founded in 1951 as sleepy hollow restorations by John D.
Rockefeller, Jr.” “The Hudson Valley comprises the valley of the Hudson River and its adjacent
communities in the U.S. state of New York, from the cities of Albany and Troy southward to
Yonkers in Westchester County.” Historic Hudson River Towns are located along New York’s
Hudson River, from Yonkers to Albany. In 1994, Historic River Towns of Westchester was
created by mayors and supervisors from communities along the east side of the Hudson River.
For example, (Olana) in 1860 at the height of his career as one of America's most renowned
landscape landscape painters Frederic Edwin Church began purchasing farmland overlooking the
Hudson …show more content…
He ended the
Newburgh Conspiracy, preventing military control of the neo-nation. He created the Badge of Military
Merit, forerunner of the Purple Heart. He circulated a letter to state governors that influenced the
writing of the Constitution. And on April 19, 1783, he issued the Proclamation of Peace, which ended the
War.” “In 1802, President Thomas Jefferson signed legislation establishing the United States Military
Academy at West Point. Its graduates have led our country into battle ever since, including against one
another: Both Ulysses S. Grant and Robert E. Lee were alumni, leaving no doubt of an awkward school
reunion. Today, West Point remains one of the state’s most visited tourist attractions.” Built around the
late 17th and early 18th century, the first capital of New York, was the senate house Senate House.
Although it is unknown of who built it, the Senate House was one of the few buildings to survive the
burning of Kingston. Franklin D. Roosevelt was the first president invited to the English royalty to visit
his home in Hyde Park. It was the first time ever, ever since colonial times, that the English …show more content…
“Advances in transportation have always changed history, from the first
humans to ride horses to jumbo jets that whisk us around the world in just hours. One such
transformative leap occurred on August 17, 1807, when a large, noisy, smoky apparition glided up the
Hudson.” “Just as Fulton’s Clermont revolutionized transportation and changed the Valley’s fortunes, so
too did the Newburgh-Beacon Bridge, which opened on November 2, 1963 as a two-lane span. One day
later, 220 years of ferry service ended. The last two remaining ferries, the Dutchess and the Orange,
met at mid-river at five p.m., signaled a final salute, and gave way to the cars that could now pass
rapidly over the Hudson, opening travel to New England as never before.” “The CIA began operation in
New Haven in 1946 as the New Haven Restaurant Institute. Its first class: 50 GIs returning from World
War II. In 1951, it changed its name to the Culinary Institute of America, and in 1972 it moved to Hyde
Park, taking over the turn-of-the-century brick edifice that had been the St. Andrew-on-Hudson Jesuit
seminary. In doing so, it also launched the Valley’s transformation into Napa East.” “The
Rockefeller, Jr.” “The Hudson Valley comprises the valley of the Hudson River and its adjacent
communities in the U.S. state of New York, from the cities of Albany and Troy southward to
Yonkers in Westchester County.” Historic Hudson River Towns are located along New York’s
Hudson River, from Yonkers to Albany. In 1994, Historic River Towns of Westchester was
created by mayors and supervisors from communities along the east side of the Hudson River.
For example, (Olana) in 1860 at the height of his career as one of America's most renowned
landscape landscape painters Frederic Edwin Church began purchasing farmland overlooking the
Hudson …show more content…
He ended the
Newburgh Conspiracy, preventing military control of the neo-nation. He created the Badge of Military
Merit, forerunner of the Purple Heart. He circulated a letter to state governors that influenced the
writing of the Constitution. And on April 19, 1783, he issued the Proclamation of Peace, which ended the
War.” “In 1802, President Thomas Jefferson signed legislation establishing the United States Military
Academy at West Point. Its graduates have led our country into battle ever since, including against one
another: Both Ulysses S. Grant and Robert E. Lee were alumni, leaving no doubt of an awkward school
reunion. Today, West Point remains one of the state’s most visited tourist attractions.” Built around the
late 17th and early 18th century, the first capital of New York, was the senate house Senate House.
Although it is unknown of who built it, the Senate House was one of the few buildings to survive the
burning of Kingston. Franklin D. Roosevelt was the first president invited to the English royalty to visit
his home in Hyde Park. It was the first time ever, ever since colonial times, that the English …show more content…
“Advances in transportation have always changed history, from the first
humans to ride horses to jumbo jets that whisk us around the world in just hours. One such
transformative leap occurred on August 17, 1807, when a large, noisy, smoky apparition glided up the
Hudson.” “Just as Fulton’s Clermont revolutionized transportation and changed the Valley’s fortunes, so
too did the Newburgh-Beacon Bridge, which opened on November 2, 1963 as a two-lane span. One day
later, 220 years of ferry service ended. The last two remaining ferries, the Dutchess and the Orange,
met at mid-river at five p.m., signaled a final salute, and gave way to the cars that could now pass
rapidly over the Hudson, opening travel to New England as never before.” “The CIA began operation in
New Haven in 1946 as the New Haven Restaurant Institute. Its first class: 50 GIs returning from World
War II. In 1951, it changed its name to the Culinary Institute of America, and in 1972 it moved to Hyde
Park, taking over the turn-of-the-century brick edifice that had been the St. Andrew-on-Hudson Jesuit
seminary. In doing so, it also launched the Valley’s transformation into Napa East.” “The