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Power Authority Visitors to Play Host to Revolutionary War Battle Re-Enactment Contact: May 21, 2008 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE NORTH BLENHEIM—The New York Power Authority today announced that the grounds of its admission-free visitors center at the Blenheim-Gilboa Pumped Storage Power Project will be the site of a Revolutionary War battle re-enactment on Saturday, May 31 and Sunday, June 1. The programs are scheduled from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on May 31 and from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on June 1. Hundreds of participants will converge on the almost 400 acres of property to recreate the Battle of Cobleskill and demonstrate typical camp life activities for Colonial men, women and children. A period cricket match between the Crown and Congressional camps is also scheduled. Vendors will sell food and beverages. Visitors are encouraged to stop at the visitors center and the historic Lansing Manor Museum, also admission-free, to enjoy the many hands-on displays and exhibits on energy, as well as experience the rich history of a 19th-century house. The facilities will be open both days from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. For more information, please call 1-800-724-0309. The Blenheim-Gilboa Power Project visitors center and the Lansing Manor Museum are located on State Route 30, 17 miles south of Middleburgh and five miles north of Grange Gorge. About NYPA: ■ NYPA uses no tax money or state credit. It finances its operations through the sale of bonds and revenues earned in large part through sales of electricity. ■ NYPA is a leader in promoting energy-efficiency, new energy technologies and electric transportation initiatives. ■ It is the nation’s largest state-owned electric utility, with 18 generating facilities in various parts of the state and more than 1,400 circuit-miles of transmission lines. |
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