Contact: Cliff Laube, FDR Presidential Library, (845) 486-7745 or
Franceska Macsali Urbin, National Park Service, at
(845) 229-6225
Holiday Open House Events Announced:
VANDERBILT MANSION
HOLIDAY OPEN HOUSE -- December 3, 2017
FREE HOLIDAY EVENTS AT
FDR LIBRARY AND HOME, VAL-KILL -- December 9, 2017
Holiday Open Houses, Children's Reading Festival,
Live Music, Holiday Cards for Troops, Pictures with Santa
HYDE PARK, NY -- On December 3, 2017 the National Park Service will host its annual
Holiday Open House
at the Vanderbilt Mansion National Historic Site. The Mansion will be decorated for the holidays and visitors will enjoy complimentary refreshments. Admission will be free of charge. On December 9, 2017, the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum and the Home of FDR National Historic Site will host
a series of free holiday events
. The Roosevelt Library and the Home of FDR (Springwood) will be open to visitors free of charge on December 9 from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. There will be holiday decorations, refreshments and special activities -- including the
12th annual Children's Reading Festival
-- beginning at 1:00 p.m. in the Henry A. Wallace Center. Holiday Open House at Val-Kill will run from 4:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. on December 9 with a shuttle running from the Wallace Center.
Christmas Open House - December 3, 2017 - Vanderbilt Mansion
On December 3, the Vanderbilt Mansion National Historic Site will be free of charge to visitors from 9:00 a.m. to 8:30 p.m. Holiday Open House will be held from 11:00 a.m. to 8:30 p.m. on December 3. The Mansion will be decorated for the holidays and refreshments will be provided by the Roosevelt-Vanderbilt Historical Association. There will be live music throughout the day and evening, visits from the park mascot and much more. Be sure to have your family photo taken in front of one of our trees. Check out
https://www.facebook.com/VAMANHS/ for up-to-date information.
Children's Reading Festival, Santa and Holiday Cards for Troops
The
12th annual Children's Reading Festival -- presented by the Roosevelt Library and the Friends of the Poughkeepsie Public Library District -- will be held in the Henry A. Wallace Center, from 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. on December 9, 2017. Children's book authors will read from and sign copies of their books. Featured books will be available for purchase in the New Deal Store in the Wallace Center.
Children's Reading Festival authors include:
1:30 p.m.
Iza Trapani
JINGLE BELLS
and OLD MACDONALD HAD A ... ZOO?
2:15 p.m.
Cathy Knepper
PATCHES AND THE BABY BUNNY:
AN ELEANOR ROOSEVELT STORY
3:00 p.m.
Barbara Ann Mojica
LITTLE MISS HISTORY TRAVELS TO MOUNT VERNON
and LITTLE MISS HISTORY TRAVELS TO FORD'S THEATER
In addition, there will be live music,
free photos with Santa
from 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m., and children can make holiday cards for sailors on the USS FRANKLIN AND ELEANOR ROOSEVELT (
www.ddg-roosevelt.navy.mil
) beginning at Noon. Refreshments will be served throughout the afternoon.
Holiday Open House - December 9, 2017 - Roosevelt Library and Home, Val-Kill
Holiday Open House on December 9 is from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. both at the Home of FDR National Historic Site -- where there will be
readings from Dickens's "A Christmas Carol" -- and at the Roosevelt Library. Both the Home and the Roosevelt Library study will be decorated for the holidays as they were during the Roosevelt presidency. Admission is free to the Home and Library throughout the day.
Eleanor Roosevelt National Historic Site (Val-Kill) will also be free and open to visitors from 1:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. on December 9. Beginning at 4:00 p.m., visitors to Val-Kill are required to take a shuttle from Wallace Center at the FDR Presidential Library and Home.
There will be no onsite parking at Val-Kill on December 9 from 4:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.
Refreshments and music will be provided by the Roosevelt-Vanderbilt Historical Association and Val-Kill will be decorated as it was during Eleanor Roosevelt's lifetime.
For more information please call: Cliff Laube, Roosevelt Library, (845) 486-7745; or Franceska Macsali Urbin, National Park Service, (845) 229-6225.
Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum
Designed by Franklin Roosevelt and dedicated on June 30, 1941, the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum is the nation's first presidential library and the only one used by a sitting president. Administered by the National Archives and Records Administration since 1941, the Library preserves and makes accessible to the American people the records of FDR's presidency. The Roosevelt Library's mission is to foster a deeper understanding of the lives and times of Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt and their continuing impact on contemporary life. This work is carried out through the Library's archives and research room, museum collections and exhibitions, innovative educational programs, and engaging public programming. For more information about the Library or its programs call (800) 337-8474 or visit
www.fdrlibrary.org.
The National Park Service administers the Home of Franklin D. Roosevelt, Eleanor Roosevelt and Top Cottage and Vanderbilt Mansion. Visitors to the sites can enjoy guided tours of the historic buildings. There are hiking trails that link all the parks. From May through October visitors from New York City can reserve transportation from the Poughkeepsie Train Station to all the sites in Hyde Park by calling (845) 229-5320 for the "Roosevelt Ride." For information about tours and other programs visit
www.nps.gov/hofr or call (845) 229-5320.
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