DCHS Annual Membership Meeting
Open to all
Sunday, April 26, 2026
2:00 to 4:00 pm
Doors open at 1:30
No RSVP required
Program. Exhibitions. Light refreshments.
Wallace Welcome Center, FDR Presidential Library & Museum
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2:00 Welcome
Wayne Nussbickel, DCHS Board President
Treasurer’s Report, Jack Cina, Treasurer
Member Voting For Trustees, Officers, Bylaws
Jim Nelson, Nominating Chair
The Value of the Long View: A Moment of Truth for DCHS and Our Nation’s 250th.
Bill Jeffway, DCHS Executive Director
The Value of the Long View: The Unique Value of our Yearbook Now and For Future Generations.
Aidan Chisamore, Collections Manager, Yearbook Co-editor
Life in Dutchess County During the Revolution: New Findings That May Surprise You! A forum.
Moderated by Dr. Michael Boden, Associate Professor of History at Dutchess Community College with Q&A
Shannon Butler, Poughkeepsie Public Library District Historian, author, podcaster, blogger, leader of very popular in-person interpretive walks.
Cynthia Koch, President and long-serving board member of Clinton Historical Society. Author, speaker, former Director of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum.
Betsy Strauss, Amenia Historical Society board (since 2008). Formerly on the board of North East Historical Society and DCHS. Author, speaker, and “unofficial” Amenia historian.
Dyan Wapnick, President of the Little Nine Partners Historical Society of Pine Plains, local history playwright and scriptwriter.
Printed copies of Yearbooks with some restrictions noted:
The complimentary printed copy of Revolutionary Dutchess: Crossroads of the American Revolution, DCHS Yearbook vol. 104, 2025, that comes as a benefit of DCHS membership will be available. Non-members: you may view, but not purchase printed copies onsite. No financial transactions are allowed at the Wallace Center. Other arrangements can be made.
Printed copies of Profiles of the American Revolution since 1914, a DCHS Yearbook Encore Edition will also be available. To view only, no financial transactions are allowed at the Wallace Center.
On Display at Your Leisure:
Revolutions in collections control and access, through a combination of old-fashioned organization and study — and leading-edge digital tools. With Aiden Chisamore, DCHS Collections Manager.
Crossroads of the American Revolution: an exhibition of six traveling banners.
American Journeys Inspired by Lafayette, Tom & Jane Williams: educational video and tools for 4th, 7th and 11th grade.