DCHS Annual Membership Meeting
Open to all
Sunday, April 26, 2026
2:00 to 4:00 pm
Doors open at 1:30
Program. Exhibitions. Light refreshments.
Wallace Welcome Center, FDR Presidential Library & Museum
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Brief voting requirements of Membership.
DCHS in 2026: An Extraordinary Moment of Truth in a Long Journey. Recognizing member achievements past, present and future.
Life in Dutchess County During the Revolution: A Deeper Understanding that May Surprise You! A forum.
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 in Generations to Come Aidan Chisamore, Collections Manager, DCHS Yearbook co-editor
Life in Dutchess County During the Revolution: A Deeper Understanding 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.
On view and available on site
A demonstration of DCHS’s leading edge technologies in collections management and finding aids. Aiden Chisamore, DCHS Collections Manager.
Exhibition in six banners: Dutchess County: Crossroads of the American Revolution
American Journeys Inspired by Lafayette, Tom & Jane Williams. Educational video and tools for 4th, 7th and 11th grade.
Printed Yearbook Copies:
DCHS Yearbook vol. 104, 2025, Dutchess County: Crossroads of the American Revolution
DCHS Yearbook Encore Edition printed copies: Profiles of the American Revolution since 1914.oderated by Dr. Michael Boden, Associate Professor of History at Dutchess Community College with Q&A