tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5723709701684173708.post2384844843450456364..comments2024-03-28T17:55:31.180-04:00Comments on The Gossips of Rivertown: Lafayette in HudsonCarole Osterinkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16010623982526286408noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5723709701684173708.post-46567568952586584572022-03-21T22:00:57.714-04:002022-03-21T22:00:57.714-04:00"The grounds and dwelling of Mr. Livingston&q..."The grounds and dwelling of Mr. Livingston" is Clermont. They may be putting a marker there as well.<br /><br />Despite the account repeated by Stephen B. Miller, there are those who say that Lafayette was running late because he spent too much time in Catskill, and although the steamer James Kent stopped in Hudson, Lafayette never got off the boat. If that was the case, the waterfront is definitely the appropriate place for the marker. Carole Osterinkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16010623982526286408noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5723709701684173708.post-47321959558437953722022-03-21T21:48:39.949-04:002022-03-21T21:48:39.949-04:00I don't disagree with Mr. Wallace, but I do th...I don't disagree with Mr. Wallace, but I do think commemorating this event (i'm guessing the memorial plaque costs us nothing) behooves us to spend a little effort finding out where "Mr. Allen's Tavern" was, which seems not a big deal for a City (Hudson) so steeped in history. But we should also use this event to mark "the grounds and dwelling of Mr. Livingston," where a "beautifully illuminated, and a ball given, attended by several hundred people, among them many of the most distinguished citizens of the State" were in attendance. Let's find a place otherwise unknown to current Hudson, to mark a remarkable historic event. --peter meyerPetehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18156709450381145019noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5723709701684173708.post-75266493646473906862022-03-19T22:03:04.914-04:002022-03-19T22:03:04.914-04:00Where? My 2cents: Given that Lafayette and his par...Where? My 2cents: Given that Lafayette and his party of ships initially landed at Hudson, and subsequently “proceeded directly to the river and embarked for Albany about the middle of the afternoon,” I could think of no place more fitting to commemorate this august event with a historical marker than Rick’s Point and Henry Hudson Riverfront Park.Richard Wallacehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01190792671247025995noreply@blogger.com