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2017 History in Your Own Backyard Bus Tours

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The Historical Society of Rockland County
Is Pleased to Announce the Continuation of

HISTORY IN YOUR OWN BACKYARD
A series of day trips within Rockland County focusing on historic houses of worship, cemeteries, and other points of interest.

The fifth year in this series begins in June and will take place in the historic Town of Stony Point. It has been made possible in part by generous contributions from the Town of Stony Point and St. John the Divine Episcopal Church.

All trips include bus transportation, tours, and lunch at a local venue.

Trip #1: Historic Houses of Worship, Saturday, June 3. Bus leaves Living Hope Fellowship Church, 326 North Liberty Drive (Route 9W), Tomkins Cove, at 8:45am; trip concludes at 2:30 pm, after lunch at Sheeran's Restaurant. Stops include:

  • Turning Point Church, Jones Point
  • Trinity United Methodist Church, Stony Point
  • Living Hope Fellowship, Tomkins Cove
  • Stony Point Presbyterian Church
  • Immaculate Conception Roman Catholic Church, Tomkins Cove
  • St. John the Divine Episcopal Church, Tomkins Cove

Trip #2: Historic Cemeteries, Saturday, September 16. Bus leaves Fireside Steak Pub, 84 North Liberty Drive (Route 9W), Stony Point, at 8:45 am SHARP; trip concludes at 2:30 pm, after lunch at Fireside Steak Pub. Stops include:

  • First United Methodist Church
  • Casscles
  • Mount Olivet
  • Waldron
  • Rose Family
  • Old Rose and more

Trip #3: Historic Sites/Points of Interest, Saturday, November 18. Bus leaves commuter parking lot across from Lynch's Restaurant, 79 South Liberty Drive (Route 9W), Stony Point, at 8:45 am SHARP; trip concludes at 2:30 pm, after lunch at Lynch's. Stops include:

  • Letchworth Village
  • Gilmor Sloane House
  • Pyngyp Schoolhouse, and several others

TO RESERVE SEATS FOR ANY OR ALL OF THE 2017 HISTORY IN YOUR OWN BACKYARD BUS TOURS, DOWNLOAD AND COMPLETE THE REGISTRATION FORM IN THE PDF BROCHURE BELOW AND RETURN IT, WITH PAYMENT, TO:

Historical Society of Rockland County
20 Zukor Road
New City, NY 10956
Phone: (845) 634-9629
Fax: (845) 634-8690


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