"Residents, historians, enthusiasts and artists gather to hear and honor the American classic, set in the Catskills along the Hudson River. The train station is decked out in collections of Rip Van Winkle art and artifacts showcasing different takes on the timeless tale about a man who left home and shared drinks with suspicious acquaintances on a mountain before falling asleep for 20 years."
"He missed out on the American Revolution, he missed out on his wife passing, his dog passing, his children growing up,"
"Rip Van Winkle never got anything done. Rip Van Winkle started projects and never finished them. I also am known to start projects and never finish them, so every year this story is motivational,"
The Catskill Mountains inspired Washington Irving's Rip Van Winkle. Each autumn the Mountain Top Historical Society opens the abandoned Ulster and Delaware train station for a community reading of Rip Van Winkle. Residents, historians, enthusiasts and artists gather to hear and honor the American classic set along the Hudson River. The train station displays Rip Van Winkle art and artifacts showcasing different takes on the tale. The story centers on a man who leaves home, shares drinks on a mountain, sleeps for twenty years, and misses major personal and historical events. Locals treat the tale as a reminder not to let time slip by and as motivation to finish projects.
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