Monthly URHPCR Board Meetings are open to the public. Pay us a visit. Listen in on the discussions that inform implementation of the mission-based vision of UREC. Board meetings are hybrid. Please contact Mary Liz Stewart, Executive Director, to inform her of your intent to attend. Directions will be provided for accessing the Zoom meeting.…
Explore three of Albany’s finest historic sites and museums to explore stories of abolition, freedom, immigration and labor at the Ten Broeck Mansion, The Stephen and Harriet Myers Residence, and the Irish American Heritage Museum. Tours begin at 2 pm at the Irish American Heritage Museum Tour continues at Ten Broeck at 3:30 pm…
Please join us at Albany Rural Cemetery by 11:30am for the installation of a headstone at the gravesite of Stephen and Harriet Myers. A reception will follow at Israel AME Church. Directions to the gravesite and to Israel AME Church will be made available at the cemetery.
While Albany’s Underground Railroad had many vital contributors, Stephen and Harriet Myers remained its steadfast leaders. Beginning in the early 1840s, they utilized personal resources and Stephen's Northern Star Association, which published his newspaper. Their influence grew significantly, and by the 1850s, they had become Albany's principal Underground Railroad agents. In this role, they ultimately…
Tour experiences are cancelled for today. Please join us at Albany Rural Cemetery for the installation of the headstone for Stephen and Harriet Myers. The ceremony will begin at 12noon. Guests are asked to arrive by 11:30am. Directions to the grave site will be available at the cemetery. A reception will follow at Israel…
Join with a lively group of community members in the planning of Arias in the Afternoon:Lifting Every Voice, with Handel's Messiah arias and the Smithsonian's Voices and Votes: Democracy in America exhibit to be the centerpiece of this memorable event. There will be a complementary group singing of he Hallelujah Chorus - listen here to…
Excelsior’s Center for Social Justice, the Civic Engagement Rope Team, the Underground Railroad Education Center, and the YWCA of the Greater Capital Region are thrilled to invite you to participate in our 2025 democratic engagement dialogue sessions. How do we lift every voice? Let’s explore together the meaning of democracy and ways to engage with…
Enjoy a full day in the Adirondack’s, New York State’s premier state park. Mountains, farmland, lakes, ponds, rivers, wildlife, museums and historic sites, trails, and more. This is a collaboration with the Museum of Blue Mounain Lake. Bus transportation is free. Bring or buy your food and drink. Enjoy a geat day in the mountains.…
Call ahead to schedule your tour at The Myers Residence. Tours are hosted at 12:30pm and 2:00pm on Saturdays. Admission payments can be made online at https://undergroundrailroadhistory.org/tours/ or at The Myers Residence via cash, check, and credit card. Don’t forget to check out Myers Mercantile while at The Residence where you will find great books,…
Authors across time have challenged us to look back at history and learn what we missed, to relearn what we had not fully understood, to reexamine in more detail new information, to consider new interpretations of old stories, to understand the past and present from new voices uncovered and new voices reclaimed. In their gift…
