Northern New York played an integral role in the Underground Railroad, the secretive network that guided people to freedom before the Civil War, and has been home to asylum seekers ever since.
Jacqueline Madison, President of the North Country Underground Railroad Historical Association, the organization that oversees the North Star Underground Railroad Museum in Ausable Chasm, NY, will present a talk about freedom seekers from the late 18th century into the 21st century. [Read more…] about Underground Railroad to Asylum Seekers: The North Country Then and Now
The New York State Council of the Arts and Greater Hudson Heritage Network Grant Program now offer three opportunities for collecting institutions in New York State including Conservation Treatment Grants, Preservation Supplies Grants, and Site Assessment Grants. 