Events
Please call the individual sites directly to inquire about the events listed below.
Events must be related to the themes of the Maurice D. Hinchey Hudson River Valley National Heritage Area and be heritage, cultural, historical, and/or recreational/trail related.
“Sermons in Stone: The Stone Walls of New England and New York” by Susan Allport
Jul 12, 2025
5:00 PM
to 6:15 PM
Location: 63 Chestnut St, Cold Spring, NY 10516
Website: https://www.putnamhistorymuseum.org/events/stories-in-stone-weekend/
Email: info@putnamhistorymuseum.org
Phone: 845-265-4010
On July 12, gather at the PHM or join in live online to hear Susan Allport discuss her book “Sermons in Stone: The Stone Walls of New England and New York.” What do we actually know about stone walls? About the people who built them, and why? Stone walls are not simply monuments to the skill of Yankee farmers. The historical record makes clear that many were built by slaves, Native Americans, indentured servants, and children. Sermons in Stone is the surprising and illuminating history of the walls, a story that begins in the Ice Age and that has been shaped by the fencing dilemmas of the nineteenth century, by conflicts between Native Americans and colonists over land use, by American waves of immigration and suburbanization.