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Sat 11 Oct
Daring Revolutionary Women - Real & Legend
Saturday, October 11, 2025 01:30 PM - 02:30 PM
Stony Point Battlefield State Historic Site
(845) 786-2521

History has many stories about male heroics during the American Revolution, but not many in which female courage was displayed. This illustrated lecture by Site Interpreter Susan Overgard will highlight a few of the American and British women that performed brave deeds for their side, while also dispelling a few legends that sprung up after the war. Seating is limited - please call 845786-2521 for a reservation.
Registration: Required
Sat 18 Oct
The Peekskill Raid
Saturday, October 18, 2025 01:30 PM - 02:30 PM
Stony Point Battlefield State Historic Site
(845) 786-2521

This illustrated lecture by Site Historian Mike Sheehan will dive deep into the exciting British Raid on Peekskill that resulted in the burning of the town, and the brave counter-attack of Col. Willet who drove the British back to their boats. Seating is limited - please call 845786-2521 for a reservation.
Registration: Required
Sat 25 Oct
The World of Rebecca Franks
Saturday, October 25, 2025 01:30 PM - 02:30 PM
Stony Point Battlefield State Historic Site
(845) 786-2521

Site Interpreter Joanne Stein-Kohler has studied the Jewish experience in America in the years leading up to and after the American War for Independence through the lens of Rebecca Franks, the "Jewish Belle" of Philadelphia that married the captured commander of the British forces here at Stony Point. Seating is limited - please call 845-786-2521 for a reservation.
Registration: Required