Old Dutch

22 Nov

Posted at 02:36h in Old Dutch

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18 Nov

Posted at 15:24h in General News, Old Dutch

[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_column_text]Seems the message is really getting around!  The Old Dutch Church Fest is the place to be in October.  Pastor Jeff snapped a photo of this couple in the Bronx recently. We already know that folks from across the...

02 Nov

Posted at 17:06h in General News, Music, Old Dutch, Youth

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05 Oct

Posted at 16:41h in General News, Old Dutch

The mystery of baby Frederick Van Wart's missing grave marker has been solved. The small marker for the infant son of Rachel and Isaac Van Wart--he was one of the captors of Major John Andre, a turning point in the Revolution--was recently found broken into...

15 Sep

Posted at 00:43h in General News, Old Dutch

This year and next, Sleepy Hollow and Tarrytown are celebrating the 200th anniversary of the publication of America's favorite ghost story, The Legend of Sleepy Hollow by Washington Irving. Irving's enduring story made the Old Dutch Church of Sleepy Hollow famous as the burial site of the Headless...