Friday, October 14:

7:30 pm - American Committee of Safety Meeting at Hoffman House Tavern on North Front Street, Uptown Kingston.

8:00 pm - British Council of War between Land forces commanded by General Vaughn and Naval forces represented by the Fleet Commodore will be held on the Kingston Point Beach in the Naval encampment

Saturday, October 15:

10:00 am – Naval Forces land British troops on Kingston Point Beach. British Troops repel Militia defenders to begin their attack on the waterfront of Rondout. After taking the beach, British forces begin their march to attack the Rondout district. Scattered resisitance is met along the aproximately 1 1/4 mile route

12:00 -3:30 - Public to tour camps, demonstrations, naval competitions, races, etc

3:30 pm – A “surprise” attack on the British encampment by American Militia Troops begins as the Kingston Militia tries to drive the invaders off.

7:30 pm – 11:00 pm – Grand Ball held in Council Chamber in the Restored City Hall on Broadway in honor of the Victorious General Vaughn and his Lady.

Sunday, October 16:

8:30am – Reading of the Articles of War. Sailors convicted of offenses shall at this time receive their punishment.

8:30am - Camp opens to the public for the morning

1:00 pm – Citizens of Kingston pack their belongings and flee the city in the face of the British troops approaching the Stockade District in Uptown Kingston. (Wall Street and Main Street). Troops meet the American forces and battle through the same streets and past the same buildings that stood there in 1777 during the original attack.

You can read more about the event as well in the Kingston Freeman’s 10/9 article “Kingston gets read to burn”.

http://www.dailyfreeman.com/articles/2011/10/09/life/doc4e8f79ccaa14f112860471.txt?viewmode=fullstory

Apple Taste Test Event Results

1) Fuji – 43 points
2) Honey Crisp – 42 points
3) Granny Smith – 39 points
4) Gala – 36 points
5) Golden Delicious – 30 points
6) Cortland – 29 points
7) McIntosh – 21 points
8) Red Delicious – 17 points
9) Jonamac – 15 points

The mystery fruit that was mixed in this year was a pear. The children accurately recognized that the pear was not an apple. The pear had a low score of 17.

Here is a list of the apples from our 2nd Annual Event…

Cortland
Red Delicious
Braeburn
Golden Delicious
Honey Crisp
Jazz
Pink Lady
Granny Smith
Fuji
Macinstosh

I wonder what they will be this year? Maybe there will be some new additions…

If you would like to see the scoring card that the children will use please click on the link below:

 Apple Taste Testing Score Card (Adobe PDF File)