Parks & Recreation

Wappingers Historical Society-Stones & Bones Living History Tour @ the Wappingers Rural Cemetery.  Tickets on sale.  Rain date Sunday, October 4th.  Popular living history tour, you’ll be guided through the Wappingers Rural Cemetery to meet some notable Wappingers Falls persons & hear their stories.  Costumed apparitions include:  Ruth Houghton Clapp, founder of the Franlindale Baptist Church; Andrew Jackson, village bricklayer and mason; Victor L. Bracone, village war hero and VFW Post 5913; Dr. james Lenox Banks, physician and philantrhopist; Zebulon Philips, War of 1812 soldier who helped build fortifications along the Hudson River in NYC; Georgina Gurney, Social Studies and History teacher for 36 year; Charles H. LeRoy apprentice engineer on the Messenger steamship; Dan Brouthers, baseball slugger & Hall of Famer; Elias Brown, owner of the Brown Comb Factory.
Tickets are abailable online only and are non-refundable, but are transferrable to another person.  Ticket price of $26.10 each, plus service fee.  No tickets will be available at the door.  Please arrive at least 15 minutes before your tour to allow time to park, check-in and gather with your group.  
Note:  some GPS use the address:  2822 Route 9D, Wappingers Falls

Wappinger Historical Society-All are invited to the unveiling & dedication ceremony for two new historic site markers designating sites important during the Colonial & Revolutionary War Era.

Speaker Series:  The Hudson River & the American Revolution
Wednesday, Oct. 21, 2026-7:00pm
Town of Wappinger Town Hall
Please join us as we welcome Daniel Fannon, Town of Poughkeepsie Historic Preservation Commissioner for an engaging multimedia presentation about our beloved Hudson River-why was control of it so important for both sides, and a key to winning the American revolution
RSVP @ www.wappingershistoricalsociety.org