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2024 Fall Festival

2024-10-20 Fall Festival Truck
2024 October is Rockland History Month


The Historical Society of Rockland County Invites You to Join Us at the

11th Annual Fall Family Festival
 with Heritage of West Nyack
and the Town of Clarkstown

When: Sunday, October 20, 2024, 12-4 pm, rain or shine!
Where: 131 Germonds Road, adjacent to Germonds Park, West Nyack
Admission: $FREE

Highlighting the Onderdonk-Tallman-Budke and Vanderbilt-Budke-Traphagen Houses
Listed on the State and National Registers of Historic Places
131 Germonds Road, West Nyack

We are very pleased to be co-sponsoring this festival with Heritage of West Nyack and the Town of Clarkstown.

Join the Revolution, the glorious cause! See how militia men and camp followers of the American Revolutionary War lived in the 1770s. Heard's Brigade of the New Jersey Militia is seeking visitors to cheer on our encampment of 18th century tents, open-fire pit cooking, militia drills, musket firing and other living history demonstrations! Maybe we will come upon the British and those Loyalists!

Enjoy, Music, Raffles, Craft Vendors and Demonstrations, Free Mini-Golf & more.
  • NEW this year: Balloony Toony Entertainment (balloon animals, face painting, glitter tattoos, balloon decorations)
  • Live music with old-time balladeer Thaddeus MacGregor, mulical bard of the Hudson, with fan favorite Wee Jim the Limberjack
  • Horsedrawn wagon rides (12:30-3 pm)
  • Tour the Onderdonck-Tallman-Budke and Vanderbilt-Budke-Traphagen houses
  • Lacemaking demonstration by Myra Petretti, Metropolitan Chapter IOLI
  • Wool and flax spinning demonstration by Living History Interpreter Celeste Sherry
  • Pumpkin picking. Decorating and painting with Horses R Us 4-H Club
  • Sheep shearing demonstration by Fred DePaul
  • "Naut Kaniff: The Witch of West Nyack" storytelling by Clare Sheridan
  • Hands-on history crafts for kids with the Historical Society of Rockland County
Food Vendors and Refreshments for Purchase

(Please note that no pets are allowed [Town Code 202-6])

FREE parking at Germonds Park and an easy stroll on the sidewalk to the Historic Vanderbilt/Traphagen and Tallman/Budke Houses. Clarkstown Mini Bus Shuttle will also be providing transportation to and from the properties.

To see photos from previous years' festivals, visit our FLICKR album of photos at https://flickr.com/photos/100479933@N04/albums.

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