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Life of a park ranger: Children learn at Lindenwald

By Rachel Ohm

Hudson-Catskill Newspapers

KINDERHOOK — Martin Van Buren, the eighth president of the United States, purchased the 220-acre farm that he called Lindenwald in 1839 and lived there for nearly two decades.

Today, Lindenwald is a national historic site that has been preserved for future generations, such as the children that visited there Saturday to partake in the annual Junior Ranger Academy.

“We want kids to really care about this place and this is a way of preparing them for that,” said Patricia West, a park historian and curator, of the program, which included opportunities for children to attend sessions about curatorial duties, park maintenance, traditional park ranger activities and also park administration and management.

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