Spirits of 76
(A Zoom Presentation)
How did the region around Tarrytown become associated in the American calendar
with Halloween and not with Independence Day? While everyone knows that the
Headless Horseman haunts Sleepy Hollow, it was the real-life events from the Revolutionary War that provided the historical context for Washington Irving’s “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow”, published in 1820. In this presentation,
Dr. Erik Weiselberg traces the origins and the evolution of Irving’s
“The Legend of Sleepy Hollow” from historically-inspired fiction
into a ghost story masquerading as pre-modern folklore, with particular
attention to local people and places in Tarrytown, Irvington and Sleepy Hollow.
Zoom Webinar — Pre-registration required
Register Here
or Register at https://irvingtonhistoricalsociety.org/
A Zoom invitation will be sent to all registrants by email three or four days before the Presentation. If you have registered but do not receive the Zoom invitation, we ask that you check your spam filter.
with Halloween and not with Independence Day? While everyone knows that the
Headless Horseman haunts Sleepy Hollow, it was the real-life events from the Revolutionary War that provided the historical context for Washington Irving’s “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow”, published in 1820. In this presentation,
Dr. Erik Weiselberg traces the origins and the evolution of Irving’s
“The Legend of Sleepy Hollow” from historically-inspired fiction
into a ghost story masquerading as pre-modern folklore, with particular
attention to local people and places in Tarrytown, Irvington and Sleepy Hollow.
Zoom Webinar — Pre-registration required
Register Here
or Register at https://irvingtonhistoricalsociety.org/
A Zoom invitation will be sent to all registrants by email three or four days before the Presentation. If you have registered but do not receive the Zoom invitation, we ask that you check your spam filter.