2004 FALL LOYALIST HUDSON VALLEY BUS TOUR

     Many Loyalists have Dutch, Huguenot and Palatine Ancestry. In this regard, George Anderson and Edward Kipp, on behalf of the Sir Guy Carleton, St. Lawrence, Col. Butler and Governor Simcoe Branches, are planning a four-day Fall Trip to the Hudson Valley October 1- 4, 2004 to explore Dutch, Huguenot, Palatine and Revolutionary War Sites.

     The tour will visit the Schuyler Mansion at Albany, the Palatine Monument and St. Paul Lutheran Church at West Camp, the Old Parsonage in Germantown (East Camp), Clermont (Livingston Manor), original Huguenot houses in New Paltz, Washington's Headquarters, the Windsor Cantonment, Knox's Headquarters and the site of the 1708 settlement of Palatines near Newburgh, and historic West Point which Benedict Arnold almost turned over to the British.

     The bus will pick up people in Ottawa and Cornwall, Ontario. The trip is open to Loyalists and friends of Loyalists. This four-day trip costs $460.00 CDN per person for double accommodation. Single accommodation costs $665.00 CDN per person. The cost includes transportation, accommodation and admission to all sites. Meals are extra and will be arranged at a fixed cost. The meal cost is usually about $120 US and is payable at the time of the trip. Participants must have their own extra out-of-province travel insurance and must carry a Canadian passport.