This past Saturday I ventured forth from the Old Dutch Church and Burying Ground to our neighbor, just to the north, Sleepy Hollow Cemetery, for a pop-up book club evening held in the Washington Irving Memorial Chapel. Under the auspices of the Warner Library and the Historical Society...
[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] When is a witch not a witch?[spacer height="20px"] On Reformation Sunday, Oct 27th, Rev. Jeff Gargano recalled the persecution of Hulda of Bohemia and dedicated the memorial marker that now binds her story to the story of The Old...
[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...
[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 width="1/2"][vc_column_text]This season's Old Dutch Fest culminated on Sunday October 27 with a special 10am worship service in celebration of Reformation Sunday. The congregation was joined by Kent Tritle. renowned choral conductor and organist at the Cathedral of...
The 1922 silent film "The Headless Horseman, or The Legend of Sleepy Hollow", starring Will Rogers as Ichabod Crane, will be shown inside the Old Dutch Church, Wednesday evenings from now until the end of October. The show begins at 5:30pm, and tickets are $15. Many...
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...
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...