The traveling exhibit, the centerpiece oif which is an 8 foot tall bronze sculpture of Solomon Northup, will be in Saratoga Spa Sate Park by the Lincoln Bath House from July 7 - October 7, 2025. MISSION of the Solomon Northup Committee for Commemorative Works To create the opportunity for all persons who encounter Wesley…
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Join the Stewarts for a radio conversation hosted by WGXC-90.7FM or via https://wavefarm.org/ if out of radio transmission range. Catch up on what Underground Railroad Education Center is up to, and what it is looking forward to. Hope you can listen in! |
2 events,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 James Knapp's life that is on exhibit at Historic Cherry Hill, The Pommer building (153 S. Pearl Street), and at The Stephen and Harriet Myers… |
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Graduate students in history and information science will be joining faculty members and community partners for a meet and greet on Monday, September 15 from 5pm-7pm at the Campus Center Board Room on the Uptown Campus. This event is sponsored by the Department of History, the Department of Information Sciences and Technology, and University Auxiliary… |
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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…
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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,…
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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… |
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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… |
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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.…
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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… |
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Join 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 that the library can be open for public use. The Library Development team works together every Friday from 1:00pm – 3:00pm at The Myers Residence.… |

