History, Natural History & the Arts
The Saratoga County History Center has announced the return of their “Fridays in the Garden” series. Programs will be held in the gardens of Brookside Museum in Ballston Spa, and are free and open to the public.
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During the American Civil War from 1861 to 1865, over two million soldiers served in either the United States or Confederate States armies. It’s estimated that 250,000–420,000 boys under the age of 18 and as young as 12 were involved on both sides and about 100,000 United States Army soldiers were 15 years of age or younger. Women who disguised themselves as men also served in combat, with conservative estimates putting the number between 400 and 750. [Read more…] about Women and Children in the Civil War
Opened in 1848 as part of the 41-mile Old Croton Aqueduct, High Bridge was deemed an engineering marvel, enabling the delivery of clean water to the city of New York, catalyzing its development and expansion.
Use of the structure to deliver water to Manhattan ceased on December 15, 1949 and was closed to pedestrians in the 1960s. Now a National Historic Landmark, High Bridge is the oldest bridge in New York City and a pedestrian bridge that connects the neighborhoods of Washington Heights in Manhattan and Highbridge in the Bronx. [Read more…] about 175th Anniversary of the High Bridge Celebration
Preservation Long Island, a regional not-for-profit organization dedicated to historic preservation on geographic Long Island, is celebrating its 75th year in operation. [Read more…] about Preservation Long Island Celebrates Its 75th Anniversary
Clermont State Historic Site, the former country seat of the Livingston family on the Hudson River in Germantown, Columbia County, NY, has announced that new tours of the mansion will launch on Thursday, June 8th. Tours will be held Thursday through Sunday on the hour, from 11 am to 4 pm, with the last tour beginning at 4 pm. [Read more…] about Clermont State Historic Site Reopening With New Mansion Tours
Martin Van Buren National Historic Site will host a Bark Ranger Weekend, celebrating the official launch of the BARK Ranger program with a BARK Ranger dog tag, treats, dog photo contest, and a new walking tour celebrating five iconic dogs of the National Park Service, on June 10th and 11th. [Read more…] about Martin Van Buren Site Launching ‘BARK Ranger Program’
There are more shipwrecks per square mile/km in the St. Lawrence River‘s Thousand Islands region than any other location in Northern and Western New York, including the Great Lakes. [Read more…] about Shipwrecks of the American Thousand Islands
The Adirondack Railroad will inaugurate the first passenger train to originate from Tupper Lake on the former New York Central Railroad corridor at 12:30 pm on Sunday, July 16th – 131 years after the first passenger train arrived in the community on July 16, 1892, from Malone. [Read more…] about Adirondack Railroad Passenger Train Originating in Tupper Lake
The Clinton County Historical Association has announced their scheduled events for the month of June, including programs on the history of Plattsburgh, women’s suffrage, and Black Brook History Day. [Read more…] about Clinton County History Events in June
This summer, the Ausable River Association (AsRA) will undertake the second phase of construction in its Ausable River East Branch Restoration Program with Project Area 2 in Upper Jay, in the Adirondack Park in Essex County. This comprehensive program, developed in 2019 with funding from the Governor’s Office for Storm Recovery (now the Office of Resilient Homes and Communities), identifies 13 sites in the Town of Jay in need of restoration. Completing these river restoration projects will improve flood resilience, protect communities and infrastructure, and restore habitat for the food web that supports our native brook trout. [Read more…] about Ausable River East Branch Rehabilitation Update