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  • America at 250: History Trivia Night

    Calling all history buffs! Put your knowledge to the test at SCHC. Inspired by America's 250th, join us for a Trivia Night focused on American history. Compete with old friends and new on your knowledge of American history, geography and popular culture. Among the question categories will be the American Revolution, the American Presidency, Local History, and American Popular Culture.... Read more »

  • Waterford Revolutionary War Tour

    Peebles Island Visitor Center 1 Delaware Ave, Cohoes, NY, United States

    Longtime Waterford Town Historian Russ VanDervoort will lead this walk through Waterford Revolutionary War history. The tour begins at the Visitors Center on Peebles Island, the staging point for American troops during the War, including the Breastworks designed by Tadeusz Kosciuszko. Crossing the bridge into Waterford, we will visit the sites of Revolutionary war taverns and the route of the... Read more »

  • Discovering George Foster Peabody with Glenn Underwood

    Brookside Museum 21 Fariground Ave., Ballston Spa, NY, United States

    Glenn Underwood is an artist, author, and historian from Upstate New York whose family operates Twin Birches Cottages in Lake George, a property that stands on the former grounds of Abenia, the summer estate of banker and philanthropist George Foster Peabody. In 2017, Underwood began a research journey at the New York Public Library’s Brooke Russell Astor Reading Room for... Read more »

  • A Walk Through Luther Forest

    100 Acre Woods Luther Forest Blvd, Malta, NY, United States

    Michael Gaige, an ecologist and Saratoga County native, will lead a tour of the 100 Acre Wood Trail System in Malta, New York. Together we will explore this publicly accessible trail on the Luther Forest Technology Campus, and gain an appreciation for the natural world around us.   Register HERE

  • Heart of Dublin Tour

    Gideon Putnam Burying Ground 59 S Franklin St, Saratoga Springs, NY, United States

    Mary Ann Fitzgerald, retired Saratoga Springs City Historian and co-founder of the West Side Oral Narrative Project, will lead this journey back in time. The tour will begin at the Putnam Burial Ground on South Franklin Street then over to Grand Avenue for traces of the early Irish Community including family businesses, fraternal organizations and festivals that radiate out from... Read more »