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Crandall Public Library

Champlain Canal Stories Receives Funding

March 23, 2023 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

Weigh Lock on the Champlain Canal in Waterford NYThe Folklife Center at Crandall Public Library has been awarded three grants for its project, Champlain Canal Stories, celebrating the 200th anniversary of the opening of the canal: $29,550 from the Champlain Valley National Heritage Partnership, in partnership with NEIWPCC, using funds awarded by the National Park Service, $11,950 from the Alfred Z. Solomon Charitable Trust, and $2,500 from the Capital District Library Council. [Read more…] about Champlain Canal Stories Receives Funding

Filed Under: Adirondacks & NNY, Capital-Saratoga, History Tagged With: Champlain Canal, Crandall Public Library, Folklife Center, Grants

Charles Evans Hughes Doc Screening in Glens Falls on Saturday

June 7, 2022 by Editorial Staff 2 Comments

My Native Air (Charles Evans Hughes & The Adirondacks)Charles Evans Hughes, a Glens Falls native, was Governor of New York from 1907 to October 1910, when he resigned to accept appointment as a U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice. He resigned from the court in June 1916 to accept the Republican nomination for President, narrowly losing to incumbent Democrat Woodrow Wilson. He later served as U.S. Secretary of State and Chief Justice of the United States.

Many places in the Adirondacks lay claim to the distinction that Charles Evans Hughes slept there. A century ago, it was at the home of Louis and Charlotte Hyde, now The Hyde Collection art museum, where Charles and Antoinette Hughes stayed overnight on June 24th, 1922, the night before dedication of the Helen Hughes Memorial Chapel, built in memory of their daughter, at Silver Bay Association in Hague on Lake George. [Read more…] about Charles Evans Hughes Doc Screening in Glens Falls on Saturday

Filed Under: Arts, Capital-Saratoga, Events, History Tagged With: Charles Evans Hughes, Crandall Public Library, Documentary, film, Glens Falls, Hague, Hyde Collection, Lake George, Political History, Warren County

Champlain Valley Suffrage Auto Tours Set

July 18, 2021 by Editorial Staff 1 Comment

Champlain Valley Suffrage Centennial Auto TourThe Champlain Valley Suffrage Centennial 2021 Auto Tour events are set for July 31st, August 6th-7th, August 14th, August 21st. The tour commemorates and celebrates the passing of the 19th Amendment in 1920 and recognizes and demonstrates the many ways women fought for the right to vote prior to 1920. [Read more…] about Champlain Valley Suffrage Auto Tours Set

Filed Under: Adirondacks & NNY, Capital-Saratoga, Events, History Tagged With: Champlain Area Trails, Champlain Valley, Champlain Valley National Heritage Partnership, Chimney Point, Clinton County Historical Association, Crandall Public Library, Lake Champlain Maritime Museum, North Country Underground Railroad Historical Association, North Star Underground Railroad Museum

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