“…at Mrs. Kearney's tavern”
Bringing a 19th-century Hudson River tavern back to life at the Kearney House …
“Punch & Pie…”th-century tavern fun...An evening of 19
Above, more good cheer and music and a friendly card game—and time for the dishes (as shown by historical interpreter Jenny Despotakis).
Above, Mr. MacGregor.
“Spring Tide…”
elebrating an ancient rite of spring in the Hudson River Valley...C
(Though the shad fishery in the Hudson was closed in 2010 we still mark the historic importance of the annual springtime shad run, using a sustainable fish for our fish bake—wild-caught steelhead trout for 2011—even as we look forward to the day when we can use shad again. To learn more, please see
“On the Ebb of a Tide.”)
Above, inside the tavern, Mr. Thaddeus MacGregor, the tavern musician, performs a
number with his “wee friend Jim,” a “limberjack,” as Todd Braisted and
John Muller relax a bit.
Above, Nancy Slowik, friend of the Kearney House,
prepares a “spring tonic” at the hearth.
Above, Native-American skills expert Barry Keegan of
Hawk Circle demonstrates some
ancient tools and lore and Jennifer Kleinbaum of Tenafly Nature Center
discusses marine ecology with guests.
Guests (and Mr. MacGregor!) enjoy a plate of shad.
& “On the Ebb of a Tide”See “Of Times and Tides”
Informal summertime tavern adventures…
Photos courtesy of Curt Schlenker
Above, a late summer's afternoon at the Kearney House for
"Behind the Times." Mr. MacGregor plays cigar box guitar while guests and
historical interpreters alike enjoy games and company.
“Thanksgiving Time…”
Celebrating the end of a fruitful year…
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Above: We closed the 2011 season
with our annual weekend-after-the-holiday program, “Thanksgiving Time at Mrs.
Kearney’s tavern,” featuring hot apple cider, nineteenth century music & mirth with Mr.
MacGregor, and a special reading aloud from a period text by Mr. Nelsen.
(Photographs by Anthony G. Taranto Jr.)
Photographs below courtesy of Laurie Kaplan.
Click on the play arrow w to view a 5-minute video, “A Traditional Kearney House Thanksgiving with Thaddeus MacGregor.” (Video: R. J. Bogumil.)
Marking the centuries…
Above, during
“River
Day” in June 2009, as a flotilla of historic
vessels sailed up the river to commemorate the 400th anniversary of Henry
Hudson’s voyage in 1609 (the 46-star flag is from 1909—and was flown
in New York City during that year’s “Hudson–Fulton” event; see “’o9”)
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On a rain-swept
Sunday in September 2009, the 100th
anniversary of the dedication of the Palisades Interstate Park was
commemorated at the
Kearney House.
Above, "At eleven o’clock in the forenoon” park visitors joined local mayors
and other dignitaries in front of the house; Kearney House director Eric
Nelsen (in nineteenth-century attire) presented opening remarks; Alpine
Mayor Paul Tomasko and NJ Section Assistant Superintendent Chris Szeglin addressed the
gathering.
Above, Kearney House interpreter Lindsey Foschini and NJ
Section trail crew supervisor Christina Fehre, dressed in
early-twentieth-century outfits that they crafted for the event, greeted
guests inside the house, as musician Thaddeus MacGregor played; the women
were joined on the porch
of the house by Fort
Lee Historic Park interpreter Jenny Despotakis,
wearing eighteenth-century garb; the dedication ceremony a hundred years
earlier (see “Beyond
the Reach of Devastation”).
12/10/2011
2012 Area Information & Fee Schedule (.pdf file, 4 pages)
