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The festival is a four-day event that has been hosted every year since 1973 (with the sole exception of 2020, when the event was cancelled due to COVID-19) [1] and has, particularly in recent years, consistently attracted well over 100,000 people from across the world over the course of its four-day timespan, mainly from surrounding areas such as Lake George, Plattsburgh, Saratoga Springs, and ...
Another notable event at the Civic Center came on December 8, 2010, when it hosted a basketball game between BYU and Vermont billed as the "Hometown Classic". The game served as a homecoming for BYU star Jimmer Fredette , who had led Glens Falls High School to the New York state Class A championship game, held at this facility, in 2007. [ 18 ]
The museum offers special events, traditional workshops, demonstrations by artisans-in-residence, and school field trips (free for schools in the Adirondack Park). The museum contains a research library which is accessible year-round; its publication program has produced 65 books of Adirondack history, art histories, and museum catalogs.
The Adirondack Park is a park in northeastern New York protecting the Adirondack Mountains. The park was established in 1892 for "the free use of all the people for their health and pleasure", and for watershed protection. [ 2 ]
Hot air balloon festivals are held annually in many places throughout the year, allowing hot air balloons operators to gather- as well as for the general public- to participate in various activities.They can include races; evening "night glows", or "glowdeos" (in the US), in which balloons are fired while remaining tethered to the ground; and rides.
The Adirondack Mountains (/ ˌ æ d ɪ ˈ r ɒ n d æ k / AD-i-RON-dak) [1] are a massif of mountains in Northeastern New York which form a circular dome approximately 160 miles (260 km) wide and covering about 5,000 square miles (13,000 km 2). [2]
Camp Topridge is an Adirondack Park Great Camp bought in 1920 and substantially expanded and renovated in 1923 by Marjorie Merriweather Post, former owner of General Foods and the daughter of C. W. Post.
Adirondack chair, a type of chair used primarily in an outdoors setting; Adirondack Community College (US), a two-year college located in the state of New York; Adirondack Experience, a museum; Adirondack Flames, former American Hockey League team (2014–15) Adirondack Great Camps; Adirondack Phantoms, former American Hockey League team (2009 ...