The designs on our areas oldest headstones have much to tell us of the honored dead beyond their names. This one, from the First Reformed Protestant Dutch Cemetery in Fishkill, reads: "Here lyes the body of Silas Lockwood borne September 3rd day 1743 and departed this life September 10th day 1768 aged 25 years and 7 days. Behold and see as you pass by as you are now so once was I. As I am now you soon will be prepare for death and follow me." Courtesy photo. Warwick. Library to host Zoom program on Hudson Valley headstone design Albert Wisner Library will host researcher Marisa Hayes on Wednesday, June 3, from 7-8 p.m., sharing her studies of headstone... Entertainment 23 May 2020 | 04:24
