Denise VanBuren to receive Martha Washington Woman of History Award
When Denise Doring VanBuren speaks about how a restored Tower of Victory at Washington’s Headquarters could bring the same kind of tourism to the Newburgh area that the Walkway over the Hudson has…
Douglas Brinkley to talk about FDR as a conservationist in Hyde Park
If you’ve ever visited Lake Taghkanic in Columbia County, you may have noticed the groves of stately pines, planted in orderly rows. They’re the work of the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC), a work-relief…
Do it for Daisy: Wilderstein needs volunteers
When Evan Quimby began volunteering as a docent at the Wilderstein Historic Site, it was kind of a retirement thing where she had some time on her hands and the desire to give…
Iced over: Crossing the Hudson in winter before the bridges were built
Though small in stature, Lloyd Plass took big risks – risks in business, with his own safety and, most assuredly, with the safety of others. During the 1920s, Plass, a Highland resident, came…
Piecing together the past: Free slide talks on historical quilts at FDR site and Vassar
Two events in our area this week train fascinating spotlights on the role of quilts in American culture. Once relegated to the dubious, dusty closet of “folk art,” quilts have been enjoying a…
Todd Brewster discusses Lincoln’s Gamble at Hudson Opera House
Think that you got the gist of the struggle of America’s 16th president to get the emancipation of slaves written into law in the 2012 Steven Spielberg movie Lincoln, based on Doris Kearns…
Learn more about the Hudson Valley’s illustrious history of iceboating
For some iceboating enthusiasts, it’s about the adrenaline rush: the exhilaration of being propelled across a sheet of ice at up to five times the speed of the wind, cold air whipping at…
Beacon’s Towne Crier hosts concert for new American Center for Folk Music
The City of Beacon has been a hotbed of folk music agitation since the founding in the early 20th century of the University Settlement Camp at the foot of Mount Beacon. That’s where,…
FDR’s speeches now available online
We’ve just passed the 74th anniversary of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, the catastrophe that finally got the US involved in World War II after a period of isolationism. It was also…
Plumbing the depths in Richard Heppner’s Woodstock – Everyday History
Richard Heppner has what you’d call a passion for history – specifically local history: the common events and gathered lore that make up a sense of place. In our time, a sense of…
