Ships Ahoy!

Avast! It be the ship!

Friday June 19 was the unveiling of John Beerman's (an actual descendent of Henry Hudson) original oil painting of Henry Hudson's Ship, the Half Moon. The celebration took place at Riverspace in Nyack, NY. The painting of the Half Moon was commissioned by the American Heritage Rivers Alliance to commemorate this year's Quadricentennial Celebration.

Cold Spring (woot woot, represent!) resident Joe Diebboll of Highland Studio was hired to produce 400 prints of Beerman's "Half Moon". A portion of the proceeds from the painting will go to benefit the AHRA.

Arrr! Matey!

Wild Wild West. Well, Sorta.

Our traveling CRO Debbie Darman is paying a visit to Ohio to support the Cuyahoga River Rally - an event put on by the American Heritage Rivers Alliance.

The AHRA is an alliance dedicated to the clean up, rejuvenation, and promotion of economic growth for river communities across the nation. The Hudson River Navigator is Cold Spring native, Vinny Tamagna. Learn more about the AHRA at: http://www.americanheritagerivers.org/.

The links below detail the celebration in Ohio:

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/21/us/21river.html?_r=1

http://www.timesleader.com/news/Reunion_at_the_river_06-20-2009.html

It's nice that Debbie's out partying while we're stuck in NY with all this rain. Real nice.