Portal:Hudson Valley/Did you know/96

• ... that the Rosendale Theatre (pictured) once banned popcorn because the "crackling paper bags disrupted quiet scenes"?
• ... that when a crowd that had gathered to hear George Washington speak at the Storm-Adriance-Brinckerhoff House in East Fishkill, New York, removed their hats, he told them to put them back on since he was just an ordinary man?
• ... that the Aaron Copland House in Cortlandt Manor, New York, is the only U.S. National Historic Landmark connected to a classical music figure?