KINGSTON, N.Y. Crowds gathered Saturday as musket blasts pierced the air and smoke rose outside the Matthewis Person House for the annual commemoration of the Burning of Kingston. The weekend marks the Oct. 16, 1777, burning of Kingston, then the first capital of the nascent New York state, during the American Revolution by British […]
KINGSTON, N.Y. The Burning of Kingston brings a weekend full of reenactments, live music, lectures and a film screening throughout the weekend. The event From Friday, Oct. 13, through Sunday, Oct. 15 commemorates the Oct. 16, 1777, burning of Kingston, then the first capital of the nascent New York state, during the American […]
KINGSTON, N.Y. The Burning of Kingston returns from Friday, Oct. 13, through Sunday, Oct. 15, with a weekend full of reenactments, live music, lectures and a film screening. The event commemorates the Oct. 16, 1777, burning of Kingston, then the first capital of the nascent New York state, during the American Revolution by British […]