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"101" YEARS AND GOING STRONG

The Van Cortlandtville

Historical Society

Be sure to be a part of another exciting year of exceptional guest speakers and additional surprises and special events.

The Van Cortlandtville Historical Society will host an OPEN HOUSE ON THE FIRST SUNDAY OF EVERY MONTH, from 2 to 4 p.m., at The Little Red Schoolhouse, 297 Locust Avenue, Cortlandt Manor, New York.

This event is open free to the public.............

Visitors will be given a guided tour of the 19-century one-room schoolhouse, which until the mid-1970s was still functioning as part of the Lakeland Central School District. The schoolroom and adjoining meeting room of the Society has books, photographs and classroom items dating back to that early era.   The Little Red Schoolhouse is located at the north end of Locust Avenue next to Old Saint Peter’s Church and cemetery, just south of Oregon Road in the Town of Cortlandt.

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Saturday, June 17, 2023 at 2:00 pm
The Van Cortlandtville Historical Society

Presents an original Program: by Members Gerry Dempsey and Charlie Messina



 

        CONQUEST AND EMPIRE
         THE FRENCH AND INDIAN WAR

      Before the American Revolution, North America was at war. The English, French, Algonquian and Iroquois routinely attacked each other. No one was safe. Months of skirmishes would suddenly explode into full-scale miltary operations.
       The physical environment -the dark, dense primeval forest- gave important advantages to the Native American warriors, but the Europeans had the guns and the gunpowder.
        Gerry Dempsey and Charlie Messina describe how they lived and how they fought. Having toured many of these battlegrounds in the United States and Canada, Charlie and Gerry offer insights and anecdotes about the harsh realities of the French and Indian W
ars.
(Gerry Dempsey edits the Van Cortlandtville Historical Society's quarterly publication, the Historical Key. Charlie Messina serves on the Boards of the Van Cortlandtville Historical Society and the The Old Van Cortlandville Cemetery Association)

 

 

   Please join us as we pay tribute to the French Soldiers, who fought and died for our cause during the Revolutionary War.

Sunday, July 2, 2023, 3 PM 

at  Old St. Peter's Church, 

followed by Refreshments at the Little Red Schoolhouse 

(The Church is located in the Old Cemetery on the corner of Locust Avenue and 

Oregon Road, Cortlandt Manor, NY 10567)

THIS EVENT IS FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC, 

(WE ENCOURAGE THE WEARING OF MASKS WHILE YOU ARE INDOORS)

 

"101" YEARS AND GOING STRONG

The Van Cortlandtville

Historical Society

Be sure to be a part of another exciting year of exceptional guest speakers and additional surprises and special events.

The Van Cortlandtville Historical Society will host an OPEN HOUSE ON THE FIRST SUNDAY OF EVERY MONTH, from 2 to 4 p.m., at The Little Red Schoolhouse, 297 Locust Avenue, Cortlandt Manor, New York.

This event is open free to the public.............

Visitors will be given a guided tour of the 19-century one-room schoolhouse, which until the mid-1970s was still functioning as part of the Lakeland Central School District. The schoolroom and adjoining meeting room of the Society has books, photographs and classroom items dating back to that early era.   The Little Red Schoolhouse is located at the north end of Locust Avenue next to Old Saint Peter’s Church and cemetery, just south of Oregon Road in the Town of Cortlandt.

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THE FRENCH AND INDIAN WAR

TOM AND BROOMS.jpg

   Please join us as we pay tribute to the French Soldiers, who fought and died for our cause during the Revolutionary War.

Sunday, July 3, 2022, 3 PM 

at  Old St. Peter's Church, 

followed by Refreshments at the Little Red Schoolhouse 

(The Church is located in the Old Cemetery on the corner of Locust Avenue and 

Oregon Road, Cortlandt Manor, NY 10567)

THIS EVENT IS FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC, 

(WE ENCOURAGE THE WEARING OF MASKS WHILE YOU ARE INDOORS)


"101" YEARS AND GOING STRONG

The Van Cortlandtville

Historical Society

Be sure to be a part of another exciting year of exceptional guest speakers and additional surprises and special events.

The Van Cortlandtville Historical Society will host an OPEN HOUSE ON THE FIRST SUNDAY OF EVERY MONTH, from 2 to 4 p.m., at The Little Red Schoolhouse, 297 Locust Avenue, Cortlandt Manor, New York.

This event is open free to the public.............

Visitors will be given a guided tour of the 19-century one-room schoolhouse, which until the mid-1970s was still functioning as part of the Lakeland Central School District. The schoolroom and adjoining meeting room of the Society has books, photographs and classroom items dating back to that early era.   The Little Red Schoolhouse is located at the north end of Locust Avenue next to Old Saint Peter’s Church and cemetery, just south of Oregon Road in the Town of Cortlandt.

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THE FRENCH AND INDIAN WAR

TOM AND BROOMS.jpg

   Please join us as we pay tribute to the French Soldiers, who fought and died for our cause during the Revolutionary War.

Sunday, July 3, 2022, 3 PM 

at  Old St. Peter's Church, 

followed by Refreshments at the Little Red Schoolhouse 

(The Church is located in the Old Cemetery on the corner of Locust Avenue and 

Oregon Road, Cortlandt Manor, NY 10567)

THIS EVENT IS FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC, 

(WE ENCOURAGE THE WEARING OF MASKS WHILE YOU ARE INDOORS)


"101" YEARS AND GOING STRONG

The Van Cortlandtville

Historical Society

Be sure to be a part of another exciting year of exceptional guest speakers and additional surprises and special events.

The Van Cortlandtville Historical Society will host an OPEN HOUSE ON THE FIRST SUNDAY OF EVERY MONTH, from 2 to 4 p.m., at The Little Red Schoolhouse, 297 Locust Avenue, Cortlandt Manor, New York.

This event is open free to the public.............

Visitors will be given a guided tour of the 19-century one-room schoolhouse, which until the mid-1970s was still functioning as part of the Lakeland Central School District. The schoolroom and adjoining meeting room of the Society has books, photographs and classroom items dating back to that early era.   The Little Red Schoolhouse is located at the north end of Locust Avenue next to Old Saint Peter’s Church and cemetery, just south of Oregon Road in the Town of Cortlandt.

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SATURDAY, JUNE 17, 2023 AT 2:00 PM

THE FRENCH AND INDIAN WAR

TOM AND BROOMS.jpg

   Please join us as we pay tribute to the French Soldiers, who fought and died for our cause during the Revolutionary War.

Sunday, July 3, 2022, 3 PM 

at  Old St. Peter's Church, 

followed by Refreshments at the Little Red Schoolhouse 

(The Church is located in the Old Cemetery on the corner of Locust Avenue and 

Oregon Road, Cortlandt Manor, NY 10567)

THIS EVENT IS FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC, 

(WE ENCOURAGE THE WEARING OF MASKS WHILE YOU ARE INDOORS)


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