Spring Delegates Meeting 2008

YOU ARE INVITED - Get a Historical Perspective On Hudson Valley Landscape

When: June 12, 2008
Where: Ross Dock, Fort Lee, NJ
Who: Club Delegates and all Members

Social hour will begin at 6pm with business meeting and guest speaker Jim Johnson to follow starting at 7pm. Ross Dock

Hiking trails in our region cover the same ground as did American and British armies during the Revolutionary war. Get a historical perspective on the Hudson Valley’s landscape from Colonel James M. Johnson, U.S. Army, Retired, Ph.D, when he speaks to our annual June meeting.

As the center of the colonies at the time of the American Revolution, the Hudson River Valley hosted many key figures, battles, and political events throughout the eight years of war. The Sons of Liberty, the leaders of the Revolution, were as active in New York as they were inMassachusetts; they printed broadsides, encouraged boycotts, rallied, rioted, and dumped British tea into the New York Harbor even as Patriot housewives throughout the Valley threw their own “tea parties” at the expense of merchants and Loyalist neighbors, who supported King George III. The social fabric was ripped apart in the civil war between the Loyalists and Whigs, now called the Patriots. Come and learn about the importance of the Hudson Valley in the fight for liberty.

Agenda:

6:00 PM Social Hour

7:00 PM Meeting (details later)

Directions to Ross Dock

From Routes 4, 46, I-80, I-95: Take the exit for Fort Lee / Palisades Interstate Parkway. Continue straight on Bridge Plaza South past several traffic lights. At the last light ("T" intersection), turn right onto Bigler St. At the stop sign, turn left (east) onto Main St., then keep in the right lane to bear right (south) at River Road. The southern park entrance will be on the left. Follow Henry Hudson Drive about one mile to the Ross Dock circle and follow signs.

From the Palisades Interstate Parkway ( southbound): Take the last exit before the George Washington Bridge (Hudson Terrace). Turn left onto Hudson Terrace. Go south and at the second traffic light keep in the left lane to bear right onto Bigler St. At the stop sign, turn left (east) on Main St., then keep in the right lane to bear right (south) at River Road. The southern park entrance ( Henry Hudson Drive) will be on the left. Follow Henry Hudson Drive about one mile to the Ross Dock circle and follow signs.

From U.S. Route 9W: At Main St., Fort Lee, turn east (right if headed north, left if headed south). Proceed downhill and bear right (south) at River Rd. The southern park entrance ( Henry Hudson Drive) will be on the left. Follow Henry Hudson Drive about one mile to the Ross Dock circle and follow signs.

From Edgewater & South: Take River Rd. north . Near the top of the hill, at the Fort Lee border, is the southern park entrance ( Henry Hudson Drive) on the right. Follow Henry Hudson Drive about one mile to the Ross Dock circle and follow signs.

From New York City: Take the upper level of the George Washington Bridge to the first Fort Lee exit. Bear right and proceed down the ramp to the traffic light. Proceed south (right turn) to the second traffic light, then keep in the left lane to bear right onto Bigler St. At the stop sign, turn left (east) on Main St., then keep in the right lane to bear right (south) at River Road. The southern park entrance ( Henry Hudson Drive) will be on the left. Follow Henry Hudson Drive about one mile to the Ross Dock circle and follow signs.

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