IHARE – Teacherhostels, History and Archaeology Programs
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 […]
The sudden retirement of Bob Weible, the New York State Historian, provides an opportunity to reassess the position. What does the history community want from the state historian – assuming there even should be one in the first place?
Courtesy Andrew Hanna, BowShot The Swedes are coming! The Swedes are coming! In fact by the time you read this they already will have been here. On June 3, I received an email from Jim Williams, a volunteer at the Riverfront Marina in Newburgh. He had worked for nearly a year to have the Kalmar […]
Just before the July 4th weekend, New York State Governor Andrew Cuomo issued a press release on the state of tourism. The release covered tourism in its totality and did not address specific sectors like adventure tourism, winery tourism, historic tourism, and LGBT tourism, the four pillars of I Love NY promotions. It also did […]
Last Monday I attended the Broadway opening of Hamilton, the musical. I was really looking forward to the event. The Alexander Hamilton Awareness Society was out in force. The opening was particularly auspicious coming one day after the anniversary of Hamilton’s death in 1804.
by Peter Feinman
by Peter Feinman
by Peter Feinman
