Thirty miles north of the heart of New York City, the village of Sleepy Hollow sits on the East bank of the Hudson River. The area is populated by a wide array of historical landmarks that inspired Irving’s famous tale, and is only a short distance away from the author’s Sunnyside estate. The town hosts …
Author: John J McKenna
Washington Irving
Washington Irving was born on April 3rd, 1783, in New York City, mere months before the Treaty of Paris closed out the American Revolutionary War. Six years later, when George Washington came to New York City for his inauguration, Irving received the President-Elect’s blessing. The Founding Father’s gesture turned out to be oddly prescient; the …