A Zoom Meeting Livestreamed on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/historiccherryhill Paul and Mary Liz Stewart of the Underground Railroad Education Center will discuss the myths versus the truth of the Underground Railroad…
A Zoom Meeting Livestreamed on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/historiccherryhill Moderated by Dr. Kori Graves, Associate Professor of History at the University at Albany, this three-part presentation will shed light on the varying…
In the middle decades of the 18th Century, the Oblong Meeting at Pawling - along with other Quaker communities - were spreading across eastern Dutchess County and points beyond. The…
Put on the garden gloves, pick up the rake, and off you go! Would you prefer to work with clippers or a shovel? How about a lawn mower or pitch…
Join archaeologists from the NYS Museum, NYS Bureau of Historic Sites, Hartgen Archaeological Associates, and the NYS Office of Parks, Recreation and HIstoric Preservation for a conversation on how we…
The Empire State Archives and History Award acknowledges the outstanding contributions by a national figure to advance the understanding and uses of history in society. Honoree Annette Gordon-Reed is the…
Across the vast expanse of the Atlantic Ocean and North America, enslaved Africans lived their lives under constant threat to themselves and their families. Even for free men and women,…
New York was the last slaving port in the Americas. Long after Congress banned the trade, hundreds of ships were leaving the wharfs of Manhattan bound for the African coast.…
A panel of researchers, Jessica Harney of the Camden Central School District, Matthew Kirk, Principal Investigator/VP Hartgen Archeological Associates, Inc. and Charles E. Vandrei, Agency Historic Preservation Officer, Archaeologist, Division of Lands and Forests, NYSDEC, will provide an introductory presentation on the Florence Settlement, a settlement…
Mara Cherkasky first wrote about racially restrictive covenants in the mid-1990s and has been systematically documenting and mapping them in Washington, DC since 2014. Reviewing more than 100,000 property records and thus far finding racially restrictive covenants on more than 20,000 DC properties, Ms. Cherkasky will explain what racially restrictive covenants are, their formulation in…
"Driving While Black: Race, Space and Mobility in America - a ground-breaking, two-hour documentary film by acclaimed historian Dr. Gretchen Sorin and Emmy-winning director Ric Burns - aired on PBS on Tuesday, October 13th, 2020. The film examines the history of African Americans on the road from the early 1900’s through the 1960’s and beyond.…
Coming to The Stephen and Harriet Myers Residence on Friday, Mary 28! The FreeTHEM Walk-ers recognize that human trafficking is modern-day slavery, and there are many victims in the United States. To help stop human trafficking, they educate others about the crime and inform them how to identify and help victims. The FreeTHEM Walk…
