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Submit Path Through History Events Online Now

April 29, 2014 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

Path Through History 2014Event submission for the New York State’s Path Through History Weekends Calendar is now available. The Path Through History Weekends will be held this year on June 7-8 and 14-15.

In 2012 Governor Andrew Cuomo unveiled the “Path Through History” program, a statewide tourism and economic development initiative that links historically and culturally significant sites, locations, and events via roadside signage, an online calendar, and two Path Through History Weekends in June. [Read more…] about Submit Path Through History Events Online Now

Filed Under: Events, History Tagged With: Economic Development, Online Resources, Path Through History, Public History, Tourism

John Brown Day: Local Connections To Slavery

April 28, 2014 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

JB Day 2014[4]Launching John Brown Day 2014, students from high schools across the Adirondacks will attend special screenings of 12 Years a Slave, the Academy award-winning film based on the autobiography of Solomon Northup, a free Black Adirondacker who was kidnapped and sold into slavery in the mid-1800s.

Born in Minerva in 1808, Northup lived many of his early years in the region, married and made a home with his wife and their three children in Saratoga Springs. It was there in 1841 where his harrowing entrapment and subsequent enslavement on a Louisiana cotton plantation began.

Eighteen years later in October 1859 John Brown’s raid on the federal arsenal in Harpers Ferry, Virginia, lit the spark that ignited the war that ended the chattel slavery that Northup and millions of other people of African descent endured in the United States. [Read more…] about John Brown Day: Local Connections To Slavery

Filed Under: Events, History Tagged With: Abolition, Adirondacks, Black History, John Brown, John Brown Lives, John Brown SHS, Slavery

‘Shore to Shore’ Exhibit Docks At Waterfront Museum

April 28, 2014 by Editorial Staff 1 Comment

BoatyardRed Hook’s historic Lehigh Barge #79 will play host to the exhibit From Shore to Shore, which explores the worlds of craftsmen and the places where boats and ships are still being worked on today. Thirteen exhibition panels, accompanying audio video interviews and a timeline highlight profiles of master craftsmen, their tools and the historic boat yards where they work.

On May 3rd from 2 to 4 pm there will be a reception featuring curators Nancy Solomon and Tom Van Buren along with invited boat builders, boatyard owners, and waterfront preservation specialists. [Read more…] about ‘Shore to Shore’ Exhibit Docks At Waterfront Museum

Filed Under: Events, History, New Exhibits, New York City Tagged With: Brooklyn, Industrial History, Labor History, Maritime History, New York Harbor, Waterfront Museum

Erie Canal Music: A Special Online Concert April 30th

April 28, 2014 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

Dave with guitar at Canalside - G Meadows photoOn the eve of the opening of the Erie Canal navigation season, acclaimed performer and teaching artist Dave Ruch will present a treasure trove of music and stories from the workers, captains, crews, immigrants, and professional songwriters who plied their trades on upstate New York’s iconic waterway.

This special concert is being presented live in an online format on April 30, 2014 at 7:30 pm eastern daylight time, available around the world to anyone with an internet-connected computer or device. The Erie Canal navigation season opens on May 1, 2014. [Read more…] about Erie Canal Music: A Special Online Concert April 30th

Filed Under: Events, History Tagged With: Erie Canal, Music, Performing Arts

Green-Wood To Celebrate Florence ‘Fearless Flo’ LaBadie

April 25, 2014 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

Florence LaBadieThis Sunday, April 27, the Green-Wood Historic Fund will celebrate the life and career of Florence LaBadie, an early 20th century silent film sensation known as “Fearless Flo” (because she often performed her own stunts), with a dedication ceremony at her final resting place, featuring music and remarks. A reception will follow in Green-Wood’s Historic Chapel.

Although she appeared in more than 180 films, a car accident in 1928 tragically cut her life short at the age of 28. Mysteriously, no monument was ever placed at her burial site and her resting place has remained unmarked for nearly a century. [Read more…] about Green-Wood To Celebrate Florence ‘Fearless Flo’ LaBadie

Filed Under: Events, History Tagged With: Film History, Performing Arts, Theatre

At Boscobel: Spring Lecture Series on Federal Style

April 24, 2014 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

Babscobel House Now“Boscobel is all about style, beauty and design,” claims Boscobel Executive Director, Steven Miller. “The elegance of its architecture, its immaculate collection of Federal period furnishings and its breathtaking gardens all come together to create the perfect venue for a series of lectures focused on Federal interior and exterior décor.”

Following tradition since 2002, the Friends of Boscobel will host a series of three lectures on Federal style. [Read more…] about At Boscobel: Spring Lecture Series on Federal Style

Filed Under: Events, History Tagged With: Architecture, Boscobel House, Fiber Arts - Textiles, Material Culture

John Jay Manhattan Walking Tour May 3rd

April 23, 2014 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

John Jay (Gilbert Stuart portrait)On May 3, 2014, John Jay Homestead State Historic Site in Katonah, N.Y. will sponsor a walk through lower Manhattan titled John Jay’s Not-So-Big City.  The walking tour will trace John Jay’s haunts in New York in the late 18th century.

Founding Father John Jay, New York’s second Governor and America’s first Chief Justice, was born and educated in New York City, and spent much of his life there. The walking tour will trace his haunts, visiting the locations of the places where he lived and worked as one of New York’s leading lawyers and politicians, as well as U.S. Secretary for Foreign Affairs, Chief Justice of the United States, and Governor of New York. The tour will recall the time when New York was the capitol city of a young republic, and present a reminder of how the geography and architecture of Manhattan Island have changed since the arrival of the first European settlers in the 17th century. [Read more…] about John Jay Manhattan Walking Tour May 3rd

Filed Under: Events, History Tagged With: John Jay, John Jay Homestead, Legal History, Manhattan, New York City, NYC, Political History

Fort Ticonderoga Kicks Off Season With 1775 Capture

April 23, 2014 by Editorial Staff 1 Comment

No Quarter Release 2014Fort Ticonderoga kicks off the 2014 season May 10-11 with its “No Quarter” event recreating the capture of Fort Ticonderoga on May 10, 1775.

In this weekend-long recreation visitors will experience “America’s First Victory” by exploring this dramatic story from the perspectives of both the British garrison and the Green Mountain Boys, including face-to-face interactions with the historical characters including Ethan Allen and Benedict Arnold. [Read more…] about Fort Ticonderoga Kicks Off Season With 1775 Capture

Filed Under: Events, History Tagged With: American Revolution, Fort Ticonderoga, Military History

Lewis County Holding Annual Meeting of Historians

April 23, 2014 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

Lewis County MapThe Lewis County Historical Society is holding its 3rd annual meeting of historians and others interested in local history and cultural resources this Saturday, April 26, 2014 at 10:00 a.m. at the Society, 7552 South State Street, Lowville, NY.

All town and village historians, historical societies, museums, and libraries in Lewis County are being invited along with the general public. What follows is the day’s schedule: [Read more…] about Lewis County Holding Annual Meeting of Historians

Filed Under: Events, History Tagged With: Conferences, Lewis County, Lewis County Historical Society, Public History

Erie Canalway Heritage Corridor Events for 2014

April 22, 2014 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

H_Fairport_Canal-Days-panorama_000The Erie Canalway National Heritage Corridor and the New York State Canal Corporation have teamed up to sponsor 28 events in 2014 to showcase the Canalway Corridor’s nationally significant heritage and the tremendous recreational appeal of the waterway and trails today.

Working together, federal and state partners provided financial assistance to more communities and expanded the number of sponsored events from 20 in 2013 to 28 this year. [Read more…] about Erie Canalway Heritage Corridor Events for 2014

Filed Under: Events, History Tagged With: Economic Development, Erie Canal, Erie Canal Trail, Erie Canalway Heritage Corridor, Tourism

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