IHARE – Teacherhostels, History and Archaeology Programs
An older version of the Village seal “We have literate people, we have educated people. But very few of them are really equipped with a democratic mind-set. Civic education was the missing link.” Azizullah Royesh, school champion in Afghanistan (NYT 1/23/16) It’s not often that a small community in upstate New York becomes fodder for […]
Robert Moses and Brooklyn Bridge Model The Erie Canal to the man on the moon was an extraordinary period of achievement for humanity, America, and New York. However, symbolically, even as Kennedy was pledging that we would have a man on the moon before the end of the decade, the tide had turned. In 1963, […]
“In 2005 [during Governor Pataki’s administration], New York’s Legislature created an Amistad Commission to review state curriculum regarding the slave trade. All people should know of and remember the human carnage and dehumanizing atrocities committed during the period of the African slave trade and slavery in America and consider the vestiges of slavery in this […]
Former State Historian Bob Weible/New Year/The Next State Historian? Once again the calendar has turned and a new year has commenced. As sure as the sun rises in the east and sets in the west, that means it is time for New Year’s resolutions which we won’t keep. Instead, I would like to submit a […]
In recent weeks I have had the opportunity to attend and participate in three regional and county history community meetings: October 16: Greater Hudson Heritage Network (GHHN) annual meeting October 24: APHNYS Region 3 also covering mainly the Hudson Valley November 14: Sullivan County History Conference These three meetings provided venues to meet with colleagues, […]
November is New York State History Month. The goal of this initiative certainly is a worthy one. Naturally as historians, a primary source document such as a press release invites a close reading of the text. That’s what historians do and government publications are not exempt from such scrutiny. The exercise is quite productive and […]
We are a species of belonging, of being part of place, of having a sense of identity based on that place. The place most closely associated with that sense of belonging is home. Be it ever so humble there is no place like it. Click your heels three times and you are there. Can it […]
In early October, the New York Cultural Heritage Tourism Network under the leadership of Spike Herzig, a member of the Tourism Advisory Council, hosted a meeting in Seneca Falls for the Women’s Suffrage Centennial. There were about 85 attendees, mainly from the central New York region. The purpose was to meet, learn, and plan for […]
New York State has heritage areas – 19, scattered around the state. The New York State Office of Parks, Recreation, and Historic Preservation (NYSOPRHP) defines these areas on its website:
Once upon a time, as all good fairy tales begin, there was a New York State Path through History Taskforce. Some of you may even remember it. August 28, 2015, marked the three-year anniversary of the failed project and since the NYS Historian who was a member of that taskforce has resigned, it is beneficial […]
by Peter Feinman
by Peter Feinman
by Peter Feinman
