Mekeel’s Corners Chapel Independence Day Celebration
In keeping with a long standing tradition Mekeel’s Corners Chapel will offer an Independence Day Celebration for the community on July 4th!
Please note: The Mekeel’s Chapel is planning to host this program as an OUTDOOR celebration. Free pre-registration required: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/mekeels-independence-day-celebration-tickets-362521149517
If the forecast calls for RAIN, the program will be moved inside and we will limit the number of indoor participants to 25 to provide social distancing. Free pre-registration is also required for the rain plan. If you plan to attend RAIN OR SHINE, please register for both the outdoor and indoor tickets.
The program will include musicians leading attendees in the singing of patriotic songs and hymns. There will also be a reading of select passages from our nation’s most important founding documents.
The historic Mekeel’s Corners Chapel, located at the intersection of Route 9 and Route 301 in Cold Spring, was built in 1867 and was originally called the Union Chapel. In the mid-nineteenth century this area of Putnam County was called Griffin’s Corners and the cross roads were known as the Post Road and Carmel Road. The hamlet was comprised of a small cluster of buildings including Griffin’s Hotel, a school and a blacksmith’s shop.
By the 1870s the name of this small community had been changed to Mekeel’s Corners on Reed’s Putnam County map. The construction of the chapel began in September 1867 and it took three months to build. It was dedicated in January 1868. It is not clear when the chapel assumed the Mekeel’s Corners Chapel name but it was likely sometime in the 1870’s.
In a small way Mekeel’s Corners Chapel annual Independence Day Celebration is a wonderful reminder of our community’s past and the founding of our great nation. We hope you can join us!
Those interested in supporting the chapel may make donations through Eventbrite or they can be mailed to:
Mekeel’s Corner Chapel
321 Route 301
Cold Spring, NY 10516
Donations are tax deductible. The chapel board is grateful for any contribution; funds will be used for the maintenance of the Chapel.