Who:              Rose Harvey / Commissioner, Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation

                        Sally Jewell / U.S. Secretary of the Interior

                        Nita Lowey / U.S. Congresswoman

                        Mark Castiglione / Acting Executive Director, Hudson River Valley Greenway

                        Local Tourism and Historic Preservation Leaders

                        Revolutionary War Reenactors

                       
What:             10:30 AM- FDR State Park Hosts Hudson River Valley National Heritage Area Unveiling

12:15 PM- Bear Mountain State Park Hosts Roundtable Discussion with Local, State and National Tourism and Historic Preservation Leaders

When:            Monday August 22

Where:           FDR State Park
                        2957 Crompond Road
                        Yorktown Heights, 10598
                        Unveiling will take place at the entrance of the pool parking lot. General George Washington and several reenactors will cue the unveiling with symbolic cannon fire.

                        Bear Mountain State Park / Bear Mountain Inn
                        3020 Seven Lakes Drive
                        Bear Mountain, 10911
                        Roundtable will take place at the Bear Mountain Inn

                       
On Monday, August 22 New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation Commissioner Rose Harvey welcomes and hosts U.S. Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell and U.S. Congresswoman Nita Lowey at both FDR and Bear Mountain state parks to celebrate National Parks Service Centennial Week. The week kicks off with a Hudson River Valley National Heritage Area unveiling at FDR State Park involving General George Washington and several other reenactors dressed in period uniform and follows with community roundtable discussion centered on historic preservation at Bear Mountain State Park.