NEWSLETTER
Marking the 400th anniversary of Dutch settlement in the Hudson Valley
New Paltz, NY (May 15, 2024) – Historic Huguenot Street is excited to announce the 3rd annual New Netherland Marketplace: Living History Event, marking the 400th anniversary of the Dutch settlement in the Hudson Valley. Throughout this event, visitors will discover Lenape Delaware, Black, and European demonstrators sharing their craftsmanship and culture, and portraying life in New Netherland. This year’s weekend-long event will be taking place on Saturday, June 8th, 2024 from 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM, and on Sunday, June 9th, 2024 from 10:00 AM – 4:00 PM.
Living historians portraying Dutch merchants, traders, and craftspeople will be offering demonstrations on wood working, hearth cooking, tailoring, wampum making, spinning wool, and more. The marketplace will also include displays of camp gear and furs, clothing, wooden bowls, and other items for sale.
Members of the federally recognized Lenape Delaware communities will be returning to their sacred homelands to portray the life of their ancestors and their economic relationship with the Europeans. Their camp will have ongoing open fire cooking, cordage making, bow shooting, flintknapping, arrow making, and hide tanning demonstrations throughout the weekend.
A schedule of performances and demonstrators is set to be released late-May. Tours of the Marketplace, providing visitors with historical background and cultural context, will be available throughout the day. Registration for these tours, as well as HHS’s regular guided historic house tours, will also be available on the event webpage late-May.
This event is free and open to the public, but HHS asks that visitors register beforehand.
To register visit: https://www.huguenotstreet.org/new-netherland-marketplace-1645-a-living-history-event-2024-1
“New Netherland Marketplace, 1645: Living History Event” has been developed in partnership with Caesar’s Ford Theatre and Wild Hudson Valley.
This program is partially funded by Hudson Valley Credit Union and Klock Kingston Foundation, and is made possible by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Governor and the New York State Legislature.
Thank you to the Department of Environmental Conservation Region 3 Forest Rangers for guidance in our events’ fire-safety management.
About Historic Huguenot Street
A National Historic Landmark District, Historic Huguenot Street (HHS) is a 501(c)3 non-profit dedicated to preserving a pre-Revolutionary Hudson Valley settlement and engaging diverse audiences in the exploration of America's multicultural past, in order to understand the historical forces that have shaped America. As an educational institution founded by the town’s French-speaking Protestant descendants and chartered by the University of the State of New York Department of Education, HHS explores the lives of the early European colonists, honors the region’s Indigenous people, and acknowledges the enslaved and disenfranchised peoples who built this place. Today, HHS is recognized as an innovative museum and community gathering place, providing visitors with an inclusive presentation of our shared past. For more information visit www.huguenotstreet.org.
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