The World of James Knapp
Learn about James Knapp, descendent of Dinah Jackson who was enslaved to the Van Rensselaer family who lived at today's Historic Cherry Hill. View artwork from contemporary artists that interprets…
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Abolition Walk
National Abolition Hall of Fame and Museum 5255 Pleasant Balley Road, Peterboro, New YorkWalk with us and trace a portion of the footsteps of 104 abolitionists who escaped an angry pro-slavery mob in Utica in October, 1835, embarked on an Erie Canal barge…
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Tour Experiences at The Myers Residence
The Stephen and Harriet Myers Residence 194 Livingston Avenue, Albany, NY, United StatesCall ahead to schedule your tour at The Myers Residence. Tours are usually hosted at 12:30pm and 2:00pm on Saturdays. Admission payments can be made online at https://undergroundrailroadhistory.org/tours/ or at…
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The Myers Residence will be CLOSED on Indigenous People’s Day (Columbus Da)
The Stephen and Harriet Myers Residence 194 Livingston Avenue, Albany, NY, United StatesThe Stephen and Harriet Myers Residence will be closed on Indigenous Peoples Day. As People who were the first to traverse the land upon which we live and work today,…
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UREC Library – you are invited to help bring the library to life
The Stephen and Harriet Myers Residence 194 Livingston Avenue, Albany, NY, United StatesJoin with a highly skilled librarian and volunteers in bringing The Myers Residence Library to life! Numerous books have been donated over time and they need to be catalogued so…
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Drawn to Art – for Seniors
The Stephen and Harriet Myers Residence 194 Livingston Avenue, Albany, NY, United StatesSeniors in the Albany, NY Capital Region – you are invited to begin your creative journey at the Historic Stephen and Harriet Myers Residence with award-winning illustrators, Shirley Clark and…
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Grounds Work Party – is calling YOU!
The Stephen and Harriet Myers Residence 194 Livingston Avenue, Albany, NY, United StatesPut 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…
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Seneca Chief – 2025 Bicentennial Voyage: Commemorating the Erie Canal – Celebrating Community at Jennings Landing in Albany, NY
Jennings Landing 1 Quay Street, Albany, NYThe Seneca Chief was the canal packet boat that famously carried Governor DeWitt Clinton and dignitaries on the first voyage through the completed Erie Canal in 1825, an event known…
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UREC Library – you are invited to help bring the library to life
The Stephen and Harriet Myers Residence 194 Livingston Avenue, Albany, NY, United StatesJoin with a highly skilled librarian and volunteers in bringing The Myers Residence Library to life! Numerous books have been donated over time and they need to be catalogued so…
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Tour Experiences at The Myers Residence
The Stephen and Harriet Myers Residence 194 Livingston Avenue, Albany, NY, United StatesCall 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…
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FreedomCon 2025: Voices of Freedom
VirtualAuthors 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…
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UREC Library – you are invited to help bring the library to life
The Stephen and Harriet Myers Residence 194 Livingston Avenue, Albany, NY, United StatesJoin with a highly skilled librarian and volunteers in bringing The Myers Residence Library to life! Numerous books have been donated over time and they need to be catalogued so…