Search the site...

PUBLIC HISTORY IN THE HUDSON VALLEY
  • Home
  • About & Contact
  • Public History
  • New York 250
  • Historic Preservation
  • Heritage Tourism
  • Newburgh By Design
  • Percy Hanford Home
  • In the News
  • Home
  • About & Contact
  • Public History
  • New York 250
  • Historic Preservation
  • Heritage Tourism
  • Newburgh By Design
  • Percy Hanford Home
  • In the News

Historic Marker Unveiled in Washingtonville

5/17/2021

0 Comments

 
Picture
On a blustery Saturday among the quiet greenery of Washingtonville’s historic cemetery, two of Orange County’s infamous Revolutionary War personalities were remembered. One for a murderous deed, and the other for his service for his country. Meet Claudius Smith and Major Nathaniel Strong.

​LINK HERE
0 Comments

The Montgomery Men of the United States Colored Troops

5/3/2021

0 Comments

 
Picture
Mention the words “The Soldiers of the Civil War” in the Town of Montgomery and most will automatically think about the 124th NYS Volunteers, the “Orange Blossoms.” How many, I wonder will recollect the twenty-eight men from the Town of Montgomery who served the cause of the Union in the USCT?

According to “New York in the War of the Rebellion” colored men had been formed into military organizations under State designations as early as May 1862; but such recruitment was not officially commenced by the US War Department until May 1863. The regiments formed were designated the United States Colored Troops (USCT). It is estimated that 4,125 New York men of color served the Union and three regiments in particular, the 20th Infantry, the 26th Infantry and the 31st Infantry were considered the New York Regiments composed almost entirely of men from this state.

LINK
0 Comments

Biographer of A.J. Downing honored at Downing Park

4/14/2021

1 Comment

 
Picture
Last week family and friends of Dr. David Schuyler gathered at Downing Park in Newburgh to pay tribute to his life and work with a memorial tree planting.

LINK

1 Comment

Who Owns the Past?

6/17/2020

0 Comments

 
Picture
Controversial monuments, Revolutionary War monuments in the Hudson Valley, cemetery workshops, documenting covid-19. 
Click here for June 17, 2020 E-Newsletter
0 Comments

Peale's Mastodon travels to the Smithsonian

5/14/2020

0 Comments

 
Picture
Documenting Covid-19's impact on the local community, Charles Willson Peale's 1801 Mastodon moved from Germany back to the US for display, and more. 
Click here for May 14, 2020 E-Newsletter
0 Comments

Coronavirus: All public programming is postponed until further notice

3/17/2020

0 Comments

 
Picture
The Office of the Orange County Health Commissioner is advising that everyone who is able to do so should remain at home until further notice. Therefore, all meetings, public programming and archive-based research projects, on and off site are canceled/ postponed at this time.

We are still available via email, and will try to answer or forward inquiries when possible.

Link to e-newsletter here.
0 Comments

Spring 2020 Upcoming

3/3/2020

0 Comments

 
Picture
Cemetery Workshops, Warwick Symposium and Semiquincentennial meetings in the spring of 2020.

​Link for e-newsletter here. 
0 Comments

Time Capsule Opened

1/29/2020

0 Comments

 
Picture
Newburgh Masonic Lodge Time Capsule Opened, 250th of the Battle of Golden Hill, Annual Reports Due.

​Link to e-newsletter here. 
0 Comments

Short History of Downing Park

2/15/2019

0 Comments

 
Picture
​February 15, 2019 E-Newsletter: Mildred Starin to receive woman of history award, short history of Downing Park, Goshen Track seeking donations, heritage development grants
February 15, 2019 E-Newsletter
0 Comments

Book chronicles history of dairy farms in OC

1/2/2019

0 Comments

 
Picture
Upcoming talk on creating a local historic commission, New book about Orange County dairy farms, Historic Bloomer-Dailey house, new historic marker in Goshen, etc. 
Link to e-Newsletter
0 Comments
<<Previous

    Annual Reports

    Click Here to be directed to Past Annual Reports

    Archives

    May 2021
    April 2021
    June 2020
    May 2020
    March 2020
    January 2020
    February 2019
    January 2019
    December 2018
    October 2018
    September 2018
    August 2018
    July 2018
    June 2018
    May 2018
    April 2018
    March 2018
    February 2018
    January 2018
    December 2017
    November 2017
    October 2017
    September 2017
    August 2017
    July 2017
    June 2017
    May 2017
    April 2017
    March 2017
    February 2017
    January 2017
    November 2016
    October 2016
    September 2016
    August 2016
    July 2016
    June 2016
    May 2016
    April 2016
    March 2016
    September 2015
    August 2015

    Categories

    All

    RSS Feed

Proudly powered by Weebly