Sunday, August 6, 2017

1:00 pm - Gould Park

Join the Dobbs Ferry Historical Society for our 12th Annual Road to Freedom Walk led by fiffe & drum and the Ebenezer Stevens Artificer Regiment reenactors as we follow along the route of the Continental Army as they departed the Village of Dobbs Ferry for Yorktown, Virginia, on August 19, 1781.

2:00 pm - Mead House 12 Elm Street

• Meet the Ebenezer Stevens Artificers in dashing black and red uniforms, and discover how they repaired the Army’s muskets and cannons.
• Kids can drill in formation with other new recruits and discover the value of teamwork
• Learn about camp life, including card and dice games
• See displays of early money and original and reproduction artifacts and tools used by colonists, soldiers and Native American craftspeople
• See demos of 18th century hair, makeup and tarot cards

Road to Freedom 2017 is a shared initiative ofthe Dobbs Ferry Historical Society and the Village of Dobbs Ferry.