Abraham Lincoln’s Second and Third Passages Through Hastings: A Secret Rendezvous

24 Jun 2022

Abraham Lincoln’s Second and Third Passages Through Hastings: A Secret Rendezvous

June 24, 2022
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By Mark Sameth In the dead of night, well past one in the morning, President Abraham Lincoln passed through Hastings on a secret trip from Washington, DC to West Point. It was June 24, 1862, in the midst of the Civil War, and the President was on his way to […]

19 Feb 2021

Abraham Lincoln’s First Passage through Hastings

February 19, 2021
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1860s

By Mark Sameth Abraham Lincoln was here. More precisely, he passed through here. Four times. This winter marks the 160th anniversary of Lincoln’s first passage through – as it was known then – “Hastings-Upon-Hudson,” as President-elect aboard The Inaugural Express a little after 2:30 PM on the afternoon of February […]

11 Oct 2010

Moonwatch and Open House this Weekend

October 11, 2010
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Stereoview card made from photographs of the full moon taken by Henry Draper in the 1860s from his observatory at Hastings on Hudson. To read more about this card, which is in the collection of the Smithsonian Museum, click on the image.
On Saturday, October 16th, the Hastings Historical […]

13 May 2010

House Tour Preview: Jasper F. Cropsey – A View from the Artist’s Studio

May 13, 2010
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1850s, 1860s

Jasper F. Cropsey at age 24, painted by Edward L. Mooney in 1847. From the Collection of the Newington-Cropsey Foundation.
Thanks to the generosity of the Newington-Cropsey Foundation, our May 22 & 23 house tour will include the house and studio of the painter Jasper F. Cropsey (1823-1900), one […]

17 Aug 2009

Admiral Farragut: Legends of a Hastings Hero

August 17, 2009
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Part III: A Hero’s Welcome The Battle of New Orleans, April 25-May 1, 1862 (click on any photograph for more information) Farragut’s victories at New Orleans in 1862 and Mobile Bay in 1864 made him a national hero. He returned to New York in December of 1864 only to find […]

10 Aug 2009

Admiral Farragut: Legends of a Hastings Hero

August 10, 2009
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1860s, Collection, Reminiscences

Part II: I Sailed With Farragut

Admiral David Glasgow Farragut (for more information about any photograph, click the image)
Last week’s post included several stories about David Glasgow Farragut’s early days in Hastings in 1861. But the reminiscences of Civil War times that were printed in the local papers in […]

03 Aug 2009

Admiral Farragut: Legends of a Hastings Hero

August 3, 2009
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1860s, Civil War, Collection

Part I: How Farragut Came to Hastings

“Damn the torpedoes! Full steam ahead!” Admiral Farragut in the rigging of his flagship, the ‘Hartford’, at the Battle of Mobile Bay. (Click on any of the photographs for more information.)
Before Billie Burke arrived to dazzle the village with the glamour of […]

23 Apr 2009

Opening April 26th “Milestones in Astronomy: The Drapers of Hastings”

April 23, 2009
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Chasing the Moon, Part II Henry Draper in Civil War uniform. He served as an army surgeon in 1862. In the last post we described how John William Draper took the first photographs of the moon. His son, Henry, was also a physician and an avid amateur photographer. In 1857 […]