Hudson River Sloop Clearwater
The Hudson River Sloop Clearwater, Inc. is a non-profit organization based in Beacon, New York that seeks to protect the Hudson River and surrounding wetlands and waterways through advocacy and public education. Founded by folk singer Pete Seeger with his wife Toshi Seeger in 1966, the organization is known for its sailing vessel, the sloop Clearwater, and for its annual music and environmental festival, the Great Hudson River Revival.
Sloop Clearwater sailing up the Hudson River
Clearwater docked near Poughkeepsie Bridge for local festival
Clearwater sailing south on the Hudson River past Manhattan's Grant's Tomb and Riverside Church
Beacon is a city located on the Hudson River in Dutchess County, New York, United States. As of the 2020 census, the city's population was 13,769. Beacon is part of the Kiryas Joel–Poughkeepsie–Newburgh Metropolitan Statistical Area as well as the larger New York–Newark–Bridgeport, New York–New Jersey–Connecticut–Pennsylvania Combined Statistical Area.
Skyline of Beacon (2007)
Empty Historic Buildings in Beacon, NY, as seen in 2012, before later restoration.
Lower Main Street Historic District (2012)
Reformed Church of Beacon, designed by Frederick Clarke Withers (2006)
