Celebrate Lincoln's Birthday At The Depot Museum

Celebrate local history Saturday morning with the family, learning about a local monument and seeing a re-enactment.

And then, for adults, join the local Lincoln Society for LinCon, a pub crawl to some of the taverns and pubs that have turned Peekskill into a "destination."

Located by Peekskill Bay on the east bank of the Hudson River, the Lincoln Depot Museum is a 19th century freight and passenger rail depot where President-elect Abraham Lincoln stopped to greet New Yorkers on Feb. 19, 1861 during his inaugural train ride between Springfield, IL and Washington, DC.

Lincoln Remembrance Day Schedule:

11:30 a.m. Lincoln Exedra program on South Street, then parade down South St. to Lincoln Depot Museum. The Lincoln Exedra was created in 1925 to commemorate the Lincoln stop of 1861. The land was donated by John Smith Jr., a veteran of the Civil War and a President of the Lincoln Society from 1917-1918. The center of the exedra contains a bronze portrait tablet of Lincoln that was created at the Tiffany Studios in New York City.

12:15 p.m. In front of the Lincoln Depot Museum – Re-enactment program.

1:00 Inside Lincoln Depot ($10 suggested donation) Local Historian Kirk Moldoff discusses 19th Century Peekskill as a center for Art, Industry and Scientific Innovation.

LinCon to follow:

• 2pm: Peekskill Brewery
• 3pm: Dylan’s Wine Cellar
• 4pm: Taormina
• 5pm: Taco Dive Bar
• 6pm: Buns N Bourbon

Visit the Lincoln Depot Museum website for more information.