SAND SPRINGS, Okla. — A 19th-Century New Yorker is being honored in Green Country on April 18. A chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution are dedicating a new marker for Washington Irving ...

WE HAVE ALL THESE LITTLE TOWNS ALONG THE RIVER. THEY’RE SO CLOSELY RELATED TO EACH OTHER. YOU DON’T KNOW WHEN YOU LEAVE ONE AND ENTER THE NEXT. THAT RIVER HAS BEEN MY VIEWSCAPE FOR MY WHOLE LIFE. THE ...

“A Visit From St. Nicholas” is the beginning of modern Christmas, a manuscript specialist at Christie’s said. By James Barron Hugh Francis plays the famous role from the Washington Irving story in ...

JUST RENAME ITSELF SLEEPY HOLLOW TO HONOR WASHINGTON IRVING’S CLASSIC STORY. THE TOWN CONTINUES TO CELEBRATE ALL THINGS IRVING. WE ALL FEEL VERY CONNECTED TO THE LEGEND OF SLEEPY HOLLOW AND THE FACT ...

A statue of Washington Irving located in Bixby, Oklahoma, was vandalized recently when someone removed its head. Bixby Police said the suspect, Thanh Cong Dinh, was arrested and the missing part of ...

Washington Irving built Sunnyside in Irvington, NY, and lived there until his death in 1859. [Seth Harrison / lohud] Seth Harrison Westchester County upgrades law enforcement technology with state ...

When I taught literature, reading “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow” by Washington Irving was one of my favorite fall traditions. Teaching it close to Halloween only intensified the festiveness of the leaf ...

Washington Irving was born just as the news reached New York City: The war with England was over. To celebrate, his mother named him after the victorious American general. When he was a boy of 6, ...