George and Martha WashingtonNewburgh, NY (December 4, 2024) – As the days get chillier, you are invited to Warm Up at the Washingtons’.  Stop by Washington’s Headquarters State Historic Site, in Newburgh, on Sunday, December 8th, 12 PM until 3 PM. Historic interpreters in each seasonally decorated room will greet visitors and talk about when the Washingtons occupied the Hasbrouck farmhouse during the last winter of the Revolutionary War.  Listen to live 18th century music as you learn about events that happened while General Washington was headquartered here, the longest stay at any of his wartime headquarters, and how the Hasbrouck House became the first publicly owned historic site in the nation. 

Admission is free for this open house, compliments of the Friends of the State Historic Sites of the Hudson Highlands. Call 845-562-1195 for details and directions.

While in the neighborhood visiting us, stop in and see the homes in the Newburgh Historic District featured on the Candlelight Tour presented by the Historical Society of Newburgh Bay and the Highlands. For more information visit www.newburghhistoricalsociety.org or call 845-561-2585.

Washington’s Headquarters State Historic Site is a registered National Historic Landmark. It is located at the corner of Liberty and Washington Streets within the city of Newburgh's East End Historic District. The site is one of 35 historic sites within the New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation and is one of 28 facilities administered by the Palisades Interstate Park Commission in New York and New Jersey.   For further information contact: (845) 562-1195.  For more information about New York State Parks, please visit our website at www.parks.ny.gov. For more information call 845-562-1195 or visit us on Facebook at www.facebook.com/washingtonsheadquarters

The Palisades Parks Conservancy is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit that preserves and protects the Palisades Interstate Parks and Historic Sites through raising funds, advocacy and supporting programming.    Find us at: www.palisadesparks.org or call us at 845-202-3195.  Palisades Parks Conservancy, P.O. Box 513, New York, NY

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Contact: Elyse B. Goldberg | elyse.goldberg@parks.ny.gov | 845-562-1195