Independence Day
Sagamore Hill National Historic Site
Sagamore Hill Road
Cove Neck, NY
The event includes a Birds of Prey demonstration at 11 a.m. by the TR Audubon Society; an equestrian demonstration by the Rough Rider Re-enactors at 1 p.m., the Rough Rider Cavalry Troop of the Nassau-Suffolk Horsemen's Association offers demonstrations of riding techniques used by mounted soldiers of the Spanish American War at an authentic cavalry training camp, a period encampment is set up, a formal program begins at 2 p.m. featuring period music of the time of Teddy Roosevelt, speeches by local dignitaries and an appearance by Theodore Roosevelt himself as portrayed by re-enactor, James Foote, www.nps.gov/sahi
When:
Price:
$5
Information:
516-922-4788
Events at this location
Through Jan. 31, 2009
White House Pets: Ambassadors at Large
50 historic and contemporary photographic images and cartoons of White House animals through the years--from the magpie sent to Thomas Jefferson by the Lewis and Clark expedition, to George W. Bush's Scottish terrier Barney, Old Orchard Museum
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