Lost Rondout: A Story of Urban Removal
The Rondout-Phtoto Provided Lost Rondout: A Story of Urban Removal is a film about the growth, destruction, and rebirth of the Rondout District in Kingston, to be presented by the Town of Lloyd...
View ArticleDeepest History of the Hudson Valley From 15,000 b.c.e. to 1830 c.e
Historian and member of the New Paltz Historical Society, Dr.Thomas Mounkhall will talk about the role World History played in the Hudson Valley. World history (not to be confused with diplomatic or...
View ArticleDutch Silver Spoon Exhibit with Collector George Way
Honorable Dolph Hogewoningand George Way-HHS NEW PALTZ, NY (December 2, 2016) – On Saturday, December 10, Historic Huguenot Street will host a special closing reception for the exhibit Marking the...
View ArticleHistoric Huguenot Street Receives Major Grant
Historic Huguenot Street-Photo ProvidedNEW PALTZ, NY (December 12, 2016) – Historic Huguenot Street has been awarded a National Endowment for the Humanities Sustaining Cultural Heritage Collections...
View ArticleThe Light Shines Bright again this December in Ellenville!
Photos by: Sonam Zksang Ellenville Public Library & Museum proudly presents The Vanaver Caravan, Arm-of-the-Sea Theater, Barely Lace Singers and local youth performing “Into the Light!”, a...
View ArticleTHE GUNKS: RIDGE AND VALLEY TOWNS THROUGH TIMe LECTURE
The Shawangunk Mountains (The Gunks) are renowned for stunning landscapes on and off the ridge in a region that has remained a favorite destination for visitors since the middle of the 19th century. A...
View ArticleShow us your Antiques
The Town of Lloyd Historical Preservation Society (TOLHPS) starts the New Year in its traditional manner – with its popular annual Antiques Show Us Your Antiques Night on Monday, January 9, 2017 at...
View ArticleA DAY OF WOMEN IN TECH
Stone Cottage at Val-Kill - NPS HYDE PARK, NY — Saturday, January 28, 2017, from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum, Hudson Valley Tech Meetup and...
View ArticleShow and Tell!
M.E. Church Modena, NY-PHS The first Plattekill Historical Society meeting of the year will take place on Saturday, January 21, 2017 at 1 p.m. All are welcome to join us at the Modena Memorial United...
View Article“The History of the Hudson River Valley: From Wilderness to the Civil War”
Photo ProvidedAs historian Vernon Benjamin chronicles, the Hudson River Valley has been a place of contradictions since its first settlement by Europeans. Discovered by an Englishman who claimed it for...
View ArticleIMAGES OF INTERNMENT: THE INCARCERATION OF JAPANESE AMERICANS DURING WORLD...
Japanese Relocation Center at Manzanar NARA-1942 HYDE PARK, NY — On February 19, 2017 — the 75th anniversary of the signing of Executive Order 9066 — the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and...
View ArticleHRMM Celebrates Black History
Black Mariners Provided KINGSTON, NY – The Hudson River Maritime Museum is pleased to announce a special lecture celebrating Black History Month on Saturday, February 4, 2017, at 2:30 pm in the...
View ArticleThe Grange
Did you ever wonder when and why the organization for GRANGES was started and what drew so many people to join them? The Grange was founded as an agricultural organization in 1873, at a time when...
View Article“A History of American Women in Song”
NEW PALTZ, NY (February 27, 2017) – On Saturday, March 11, Historic Huguenot Street will host a performance by Linda Russell in honor of Women’s History Month in the Crispell Memorial French Church....
View ArticleThe Making of New Paltz: A History Series by Carol Johnson, with Margaret...
September 15, 1677, Indian Deed. This eight-week course will cover the development of the town and village of New Paltz from 1678 to the present. Did you know that the introduction of public services...
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Eleanor_Roosevelt_portrait_1933-LOC HYDE PARK, NY — The Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum will present LISTENING TO THE ROOSEVELTS: ELEANOR ROOSEVELT, “FIRST LADY OF RADIO” at...
View ArticleHidden Treasures of the Hudson Valley
ProvidedOn Saturday, March 18th at 1 PM, the Plattekill Historical Preservation Society is pleased to welcome Tony Musso, author of Hidden Treasures of the Hudson Valley Volumes 1 & 2. Each of...
View ArticleSpeaker Bill Birns focuses on Burroughs
Slabsides-WikipediaThe Town of Lloyd Historical Preservation Society provides a new look at the life of the region’s favorite naturalist, John Burroughs. Speaker Bill Birns focuses on Burroughs’...
View ArticleHistoric Huguenot Street Hires Executive Director
Marybeth De Filippis \ Photo: Don Pollard NEW PALTZ, NY (March 24, 2017) – Concluding a national search, Historic Huguenot Street is pleased to announce the hiring of its new Executive Director,...
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