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“WOMEN'S SUFFRAGE – LOCAL HISTORY”

Posted on: March 12th, 2022
 
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Title: “WOMEN’S SUFFRAGE – LOCAL HISTORY”
Location: John C. Hart Memorial Library, 1130 East Main St. Shrub Oak, NY
Description: By Sarah Johnson, an American historian with a career of public history, museum work, and teaching in higher education. We are celebrating the one hundredth anniversary of the 19th Amendment and the women’s right to vote. An extraordinary number of women and men from the Hudson Valley region were active participants on both sides of the political struggle to achieve the right to vote. Sarah will localize the fight for women’s suffrage by examining coverage in local newspapers, government records, petitions, marches, and others. Sarah will take a look at what happened after the 1917 amendment to the New York State Constitution, as well as the passage of the 19th Amendment to the US Constitution in 1920. She will look at the voting landscape for women thereafter. Sarah will examine how women’s voting rights changed the social, cultural, political, and legal landscape in our region and nation.
Start Time: 19:00
Date: 2022-04-21

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RAILROAD HISTORY IN WESTCHESTER

Posted on: November 3rd, 2021
 
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Title: RAILROAD HISTORY IN WESTCHESTER
Location: John C. Hart Memorial Library, 1130 East Main St. Shrub Oak, NY
Description: By Kent Patterson, author of “RAILS AROUND WESTCHESTER COUNTY”. Kent will present an historical and photographic perspective about the County’s railroad and trolley lines dating back to the 1830s. After a long career on Metro-North Railroad, Kent pursued his interest in the history of local transportation including his book “Westchester County Airport”.
Start Time: 19:00
Date: 2021-11-18
End Time: 21:00

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RAILROAD HISTORY IN WESTCHESTER

Posted on: November 3rd, 2021
 
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Title: RAILROAD HISTORY IN WESTCHESTER
Location: John C. Hart Memorial Library, 1130 East Main St. Shrub Oak, NY
Description: By Kent Patterson, author of “RAILS AROUND WESTCHESTER COUNTY”. Kent will present an historical and photographic perspective about the County’s railroad and trolley lines dating back to the 1830s.

After a long career on Metro-North Railroad, Kent pursued his interest in the history of local transportation including his book “Westchester County Airport”.
Prior to the current Metro-North system, how many principal rail lines tracked through Westchester? What electric trolleys traversed the area? Join us as we hop aboard a train or trolley and ride the rails in words and pictures.
Start Time: 19:00
Date: 2021-10-18
End Time: 21:00

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CHURCHILL IN WESTCHESTER

Posted on: October 8th, 2021
 
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Title: CHURCHILL IN WESTCHESTER
Location: CORTLANDT TOWN HALL, 1 Heady Street, Cortlandt Manor, NY
Description: This year marks the 75th anniversary of Winston Churchill’s famous “Iron Curtain Speech,” which followed the multi-national military victory that defeated Nazi Germany during World War II. America’s most prominent partner in this undertaking was Winston Churchill, the wartime Prime Minister of Great Britain. Eight years before he emerged on the world stage, Winston Churchill delivered an historic lecture on “THE WORLD CRISIS” at the newly-opened Westchester County Center in White Plains in 1932 during a memorable two-month lecture tour of the United States.

Author and historian Anthony Czarnecki of Cortlandt Manor reveals the fascinating story behind Churchill’s appearance in Westchester County, what he said to an audience of 1,500 people, and how his visionary remarks came to re-shape post-war Europe. Mr. Czarnecki is the author of WHEN WINSTON CHURCHILL SPOKE IN WESTCHESTER COUNTY. He is a long-time member of the International Churchill Society and has served on the Board of Trustees of the Westchester County Historical Society and is a member of the Van Cortlandtville Historical Society. www.vancort.net

Start Time: 14:00
Date: 2021-10-23

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Women’s Suffrage through Local Historical Material

Posted on: January 31st, 2020
 
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Title: Women’s Suffrage through Local Historical Material
Location: Hart Memorial Library, Shrub Oak, Town of Yorktown, New York
Description: Join us as we celebrate the one hundredth anniversary of the 19th Amendment and women’s right to vote for Women’s History Month. Sarah Johnson will localize the fight for women’s suffrage by examining coverage in local newspapers, government records, petitions, and other overlapping Progressive causes. An extraordinary number of women and men from the Hudson Valley region were active participants on both sides of this political struggle and we will examine their contributions in this illustrated talk. We will also have a look at what happened after 1920 as women’s voting rights change the social, cultural, political and legal landscape in our region.
Start Time: 19:30
Date: 2020-03-19

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RAILS AROUND WESTCHESTER COUNTY

Posted on: November 25th, 2019
 
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Title: RAILS AROUND WESTCHESTER COUNTY
Location: TBA
Description: The county’s first railroad, the New York & Harlem Railroad, developed by a stagecoach maker, arrived in the 1840s. Its arrival accelerated growth and commerce around the county because of the proximity of New York City. Several other railroads sprung up until, at the county’s peak in 1930, there were eight railroads operating. Today three of the originals are still operating. Kent W. Patterson will tell the fascinating story of railroads in Westchester, based on his book Rails Around Westchester County.
Start Time: 19:30
Date: 2020-05-21

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EARLY IRON INDUSTRY IN HUDSON VALLEY

Posted on: February 25th, 2019
 
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Title: EARLY IRON INDUSTRY IN HUDSON VALLEY
Location: YORKTOWN COMMUNITY CENTER (lower level), 1974 Commerce St., Yorktown Hts.
Description: How much do you know about how iron is made? In early colonial times there were around 50 iron mines in the lower Hudson River valley. The Revolutionary War iron chain across the Hudson was made in Orange County. A large iron mine was near Brewster. What are blast furnaces and bloomery and forges and how were they used. Doc Bayne will provide information on the making of iron from colonial times up to the present.
Start Time: 19:30
Date: 2019-04-18

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Enoch Crosby, Revolutionary War Spy

Posted on: January 19th, 2019
 
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Title: Enoch Crosby, Revolutionary War Spy
Location: Yorktown Hart Library, 1130 Main St., Shrub Oak
Description: Itinerant shoemaker / peddler by day, patriot and spy by night, Enoch Crosby is considered to be the first “Secret Agent” of the United States. Working secretly with the Committee of Safety, he traveled the “neutral ground”, primarily Westchester and Putnam Counties. Frequently captured, beaten and imprisoned, even condemned to die, yet he always escaped with valuable information on enemy plans.

He is generally considered to be the “Harvey Birch” hero of the novel The Spy, by James Fenimore Cooper.

This presentation byLibby Baker, a member of the Enoch Crosby Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution.
Start Time: 19:30
Date: 2019-03-21

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LOWER MANHATTAN AFRICAN BURIAL GROUNDS

Posted on: January 19th, 2019
 
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Title: LOWER MANHATTAN AFRICAN BURIAL GROUNDS
Location: Yorktown Hart Library, 1130 Main St., Shrub Oak
Description: By Eugene Boesch, a professional archaeologist and cultural resource and historic preservation specialist. We welcome Eugene back as a speaker and thank him for all his work and efforts.

From about the 1690s until 1794 both free and enslaved Africans were buried in a 6.6 acre burial ground in Lower Manhattan just outside of the boundary of old New Amsterdam. The grounds were lost to history and were rediscovered in 1991 by archaeologists. In all, 419 bodies were discovered. Estimates exist that well over 10000 still lie under the foundations of Lower Manhattan. Information will be given of physical/forensic, social, economic, ritual, and other aspects of the interred enslaved population. Also given will be information on the period’s buried freedmen and other marginal peoples as obtained from the investigations.

Start Time: 19:30
Date: 2019-02-21

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THE NASTY AFFAIR AT PINES BRIDGE

Posted on: December 20th, 2018
 
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Title: THE NASTY AFFAIR AT PINES BRIDGE
Location: Yorktown Capellini Community Center (Nutrition Rm.), 1974 Commerce St., Yorktown Hts.
Description: Presented by Monica Doherty, past Society President, and Paul Martin III, current Society President. Monica prepared and edited the book, “The Nasty Affair at Pines Bridge”. The full story will be presented of historic events that occurred in what is now Yorktown on May 14, 1781, at Pines Bridge and at the Davenport House that was Headquarters of the First Rhode Island Regiment stationed to protect the crossing. The Pines Bridge was a strategic crossing of the Croton River and the only crossing east of the Hudson River. The Regiment was an integrated unit composed of Black Freemen and Native Americans under the command of Lt. Col. Christopher Greene. The account will review the site, the battle and the casualties which occurred during the attack by British and Loyalist soldiers.
Start Time: 19:30
Date: 2019-01-17

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