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When Mary Philipse Was On Broadway

Published on
February 15, 2024
February 15, 2024

While researching the Philipse family in the Library of Congress collections, I ran into a curious watercolor sketch of Mary Philipse in a brown cloak over a pink dress and black slippers. It turns out that Mary Philipse Morris was a character in a 1930s Broadway production called...

Revolutionary War
Women
Philipse Family Members

Pinkster Call For Vendors

Published on
February 6, 2024
February 8, 2024

Philipse Manor Hall State Historic Site is seeking vendors for our 2024 Pinkster Festival! Celebrate spring and Dutch and African heritage with us in downtown Yonkers.

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Africans and African Descendants
Dutch Culture
Announcement

Twelfth Night and the Dutch Masters

Published on
December 28, 2023
January 4, 2024

In looking for images to illustrate our last blog, “Christmas and New York,” we kept running across images of Twelfth Night by Dutch master Jan Steen. As we explained in “Christmas and New York,” prior to the 19th century Christmas itself was not a major social celebration. But in many ways, Twelfth

Holidays
Home and Family
Art and Architecture
Dutch Culture

Christmas and New York

Published on
December 22, 2023
December 22, 2023

From quaint Hudson Valley winter wonderlands to the tree in Rockefeller Plaza, there is no place like New York in December. But have you ever considered the origin of Christmas and the traditions that surround it here in America? Why is "Miracle on 34th Street" set in New York and not Boston or...

Holidays
Winter
Home and Family

The Story of Mahogany

Published on
December 3, 2023
November 9, 2023

Why was mahogany furniture so popular in the 18th and 19th centuries? Where does mahogany come from? And how is it connected to Yonkers? PMH museum interpreter David Lucas tackles these questions and more...

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Africans and African Descendants
Work and Commerce
Yonkers History

Where Was the Philipsburg Proclamation Issued?

Published on
September 1, 2023
September 1, 2023

Issued on June 30, 1779, by General Sir Henry Clinton, the Philipsburg Proclamation, as it came to be known, offered freedom to any enslaved person who deserted rebel service and who made it to British lines. No military or service requirements were included. Although the Philipsburg Proclamation is

Philipse Family Members
Revolutionary War
Africans and African Descendants

The Philipsburg Proclamation

Published on
August 26, 2023
June 30, 2023

On June 30, 1779, General Sir Henry Clinton issued what is now known as the Philipsburg Proclamation. Designed to hamper the Patriot cause, the Proclamation promised freedom for any enslaved person who deserted a rebel enslaver and made it to British Lines.

Africans and African Descendants
Loyalists
Revolutionary War

The Civil War Memorial at Philipse Manor Hall

Published on
August 26, 2023
May 28, 2023

For a site that dates back to the 1680s, it may be surprising to find a monument to the Civil War on the front lawn of Philipse Manor Hall State Historic Site, but from 1868 until 1911, the manor hall was first Yonkers Village and later City Hall. The Civil War, which lasted from 1860 to 1865, had

Africans and African Descendants
Holidays

Frederick Philipse and the Bowling Green

Published on
August 26, 2023
May 4, 2023

Bowling Green is one of New York City's oldest public spaces. The teardrop-shaped downtown park is a charmer, with a fountain ringed by park benches and flowerbeds, and leafy trees overhead. Its creation dates back to the 1730s, and Frederick Philipse II had a hand in its creation.

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Philipse Family Members
Revolutionary War

What is Pinkster?

Published on
August 26, 2023
April 3, 2023

Pinkster was the Dutch celebration of Pentecost and spring, but in the Dutch New Netherland colony, especially in New York and New Jersey, enslaved Africans combined the Christian traditions of Pentecost with elements of African celebrations to create the unique festival known as Pinkster.

Africans and African Descendants
Holidays
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