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New Rochelle’s Thomas Paine Memorial Building Event

September 1, 2020 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

Thomas Paine Memorial BuildingThe Committee to Save the Thomas Paine Memorial Building has announced a celebration of the building’s designation as a New Rochelle Historical Landmark, set for Sunday, September 6th, at 1:30 pm.

The brief outdoor ceremony will feature community leaders and supporters, Committee members, and Board members of the Huguenot and New Rochelle Historical Association and the Thomas Paine National Historical Association. [Read more…] about New Rochelle’s Thomas Paine Memorial Building Event

Filed Under: Events, History, Hudson Valley - Catskills, New York City Tagged With: Art Exhibit, exhibits, New Rochelle, Thomas Paine Museum, Westchester County

The Inspiration Behind Ichabod Crane And The Headless Horseman (Podacst)

August 21, 2020 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

a new york minute in history podcastIn the third episode of the podcast series Legends and Lore of the Empire State, A New York Minute In History explores the inspirations behind Washington Irving’s Headless Horseman and Ichabod Crane from The Legend of Sleepy Hollow (1820). [Read more…] about The Inspiration Behind Ichabod Crane And The Headless Horseman (Podacst)

Filed Under: History, Hudson Valley - Catskills, New York City Tagged With: Folklore, Literature, Podcasts, Westchester County

The Hamilton Musical And History’s Unsung

July 8, 2020 by Suzanne Clary 5 Comments

Jack Peterson Memorial at Croton Point Park by Kim CrichlowLike millions this past 4th of July weekend, my family tuned in to Disney’s streaming of Lin Manuel-Miranda’s epic Hamilton.

The performances indeed blew us all away. Our toes tapped under our tray tables to Daveed Diggs’ electric portrayal of Thomas Jefferson and “What Did I Miss?” Our hearts pained over Phillipa Soo’s gorgeously rendered entreaties “Look Around” and “That Would Be Enough.”

But all these indelible lyrics underscored why we will never be satisfied. Despite the brilliance of the script and cast, in dramatizing the life and times of Alexander Hamilton, Miranda left us longing for narratives beyond those of the Founding Fathers and their rarefied circle. Now we want to know what will come next to fill the ever more obvious omissions in our nation’s history. [Read more…] about The Hamilton Musical And History’s Unsung

Filed Under: Adirondacks & NNY, Capital-Saratoga, History, Hudson Valley - Catskills, Mohawk Valley, New York City, Western NY Tagged With: Alexander Hamilton, American Revolution, Black History, Hudson River, Jay Heritage Center, Maritime History, Military History, Peekskill, Peekskill Museum, Westchester County

A Last Chance To Save The Thomas Paine Museum

April 6, 2020 by James S. Kaplan 8 Comments

Thomas Paine CottageShortly before the City of New Rochelle recently became nationally famous (or infamous ) as an epicenter of the coronavirus outbreak, a controversy was developing over the threatened destruction of the Thomas Paine Museum Memorial Building on North Avenue. [Read more…] about A Last Chance To Save The Thomas Paine Museum

Filed Under: History, Hudson Valley - Catskills, New York City Tagged With: American Revolution, New Rochelle, Thomas Paine, Thomas Paine Museum, Westchester County

Revolutionary War Farmhouse Will Be Preserved

March 11, 2020 by Mike Virgintino 3 Comments

Odell HouseDuring the American Revolution (from July 6 until August 18, 1781), the Odell House in the present Westchester County hamlet of Hartsdale served as the headquarters of Marshal Jean-Baptiste Donatien d e Vimeur (comte de Rochambeau).

Nearby fields and hills in the current Town of Greenburgh accommodated approximately 6,000 soldiers in the French expeditionary forces under his command. [Read more…] about Revolutionary War Farmhouse Will Be Preserved

Filed Under: Food, History, Hudson Valley - Catskills Tagged With: American Revolution, AmRev, French History, Historic Preservation, Military History, Westchester County

New Westchester County History Published

February 5, 2020 by Editorial Staff 2 Comments

westchester county a historyField Horne’s new book Westchester County: A History (Westchester County Historical Society, 2018) includes over 225 illustrations and is the first comprehensive history of the county to be published in 40 years.

The book traces the history of Westchester County from its early native peoples to today. [Read more…] about New Westchester County History Published

Filed Under: Books, History, Hudson Valley - Catskills Tagged With: Books, Westchester County

Lessons from a Social Studies Conference

January 21, 2020 by Peter Feinman Leave a Comment

Institute of history archaeology and educationAs 2019 drew to a close, I concluded my review of the conferences I attended or would like to have attended in 2019. The final one was the annual conference of the Westchester/Lower Hudson Council for the Social Studies held on December 13 at a hotel in West Harrison in Westchester County. [Read more…] about Lessons from a Social Studies Conference

Filed Under: Events, History, Hudson Valley - Catskills Tagged With: Conferences, Social Studies, Westchester County, Westchester/Lower Hudson Council for the Social Studies

Historic Preservation Certificate Program Set for Peekskill

January 19, 2020 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

Kykuit provided by Westchester Community College Peekskill Extension CenterWestchester Community College has announced a new four-class certificate program in Historic Preservation,  based at its Center for the Digital Arts, Peekskill Extension Center  in the Peekskill Historic District

The program is geared towards providing a specialization for tradesmen who work in historic communities, for students in history or related fields that want to have an add-on to their traditional degree or for anybody who wants to be more effective in engaging local politicians as preservation advocates. [Read more…] about Historic Preservation Certificate Program Set for Peekskill

Filed Under: History, Hudson Valley - Catskills Tagged With: Architecture, Education, Historic Preservation, Peekskill, Westchester County

Crisis: Forgetting Thomas Paine in New Rochelle

January 1, 2020 by James S. Kaplan 12 Comments

portrait of Thomas Paine by Laurent Dabos for the purpose of engravingThe City of New Rochelle, the last home of Thomas Paine, is beginning to undergo something of an economic renaissance. A number of the City’s tremendous historical resources however, remain neglected.

The Thomas Paine Museum on North Avenue — once the centerpiece of an international effort to recognize and promote the importance of Thomas Paine  – has been vacant for years and is headed for sale and destruction. [Read more…] about Crisis: Forgetting Thomas Paine in New Rochelle

Filed Under: History, Hudson Valley - Catskills Tagged With: Education, Historic Preservation, Museums, New Rochelle, Thomas Paine, Tourism, Westchester County

The Prophet Matthias and Elijah the Tishbite

December 23, 2019 by Miguel Hernandez 7 Comments

MatthiasLong before the fictional and shocking “Peyton Place” of TV and film fame came along in the late 1950s, and early 1960s there was an actual suburban community where its residents were roiled by rampant scandal, moral and religious hypocrisy and a sensational a murder in their midst. [Read more…] about The Prophet Matthias and Elijah the Tishbite

Filed Under: History, Hudson Valley - Catskills, New York City Tagged With: Abolition, African American History, Black History, Crime and Justice, Gender History, Legal History, Manhattan, New York City, Religion, Slavery, Sojouner Truth, Washington County, Westchester County

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