The first Rondout National Historic District walking tour for 2012, offered by Friends of Historic Kingston, will take place on Saturday, May 26, departing at 11 a.m. from outside the Kingston Heritage Area Visitors Center, 20 Broadway.
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A new exhibit will be featured in the Friends of Historic Kingston Gallery when it opens on Friday, May 4 for the 2012 season. “Save the Best to Last: The Fred J. Johnston Story,” celebrates the 200th birthday of the circa 1812 historic house at 63 Main Street and the life of the man who rescued it from being razed in 1938 and devoted his life to preserving it. The exhibit also celebrates preservation “success stories” throughout Kingston with a photo display of houses and commercial buildings that received Annual Preservation Awards from the Friends of Historic Kingston.
The first walking tour for 2012 of the 1658 Stockade National Historic District, offered by the Friends of Historic Kingston, will take place on Saturday, May 5, departing from the Friends of Historic Kingston Gallery at 2 p.m.
The Fred J. Johnston House and Friends of Historic Kingston Gallery will reopen for the 2012 season on Friday, May 4 at 11 a.m. New visitation hours this year will be Friday-Saturday, 11-4 and Sunday by appointment.
As part of the 200th anniversary of George Clinton’s death being memorialized in a citywide observance on Friday, April 20, an 18-minute DVD on the his life is being aired daily on Time-Warner Channel 23 at 11 a.m., 3:30 p.m., 6 p.m. and 9 p.m. The documentary was produced by FHK in 2008.
Dr. Thomas R. Ryan will be the featured speaker at the FHK annual meeting to be held on Sunday, April 15 at 2:30 p.m. in Bethany Hall at the Old Dutch Church, opposite the Friends of Historic Kingston, corner of Wall and Main Streets.
Several new organizations are joining the 3rd Annual Kingston Clean Sweep on Saturday, April 21, raising the
number of participating groups to more than 20.
We are getting ready for a season of celebration with a new exhibit on the historic house and Fred J. Johnston, the man who saved it from demolition.
A lithograph featuring a bird’s-eye view map of Kingston circa 1880, reprinted by the Friends of Historic Kingston in 2010, is still available for sale. Copies may be obtained by mailing a check for $35 which includes the tax and mailing costs. For further information, call (845) 339-0720.