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FDR: A Local Remembrance

This is a 90-second, illustrated segment of NBC’s Don Goddard's radio broadcast from Hyde Park on April 13, 1945. He…

6 years ago

The Recovery of a Rural African American Burial Ground is a Recovery of Voices & Lives

Jump to: BURIAL OF FORMER SLAVES A downloadable, printable version of this story (pdf) is at right: Privately published, 2020.…

6 years ago

Poughkeepsie “Scrapbook”

A DCHS online "scrapbook" is a loose assortment of items related to a topic, rather than a formal exhibition. Items…

6 years ago

Women’s Suffrage on Wheels!

This article is part of a year-long program recognizing the 100th anniversary of national women's suffrage, other articles here: By…

6 years ago

Washington’s 1792 Visit to Poughkeepsie

Remembering George Washington’s 1782 visit to the local Masonic Lodge on Market Street February 22, 2020 marks both the 288th…

6 years ago

The Long & Winding Road: The Local Path to 1920 Women’s Right to Vote Nationally

This article is part of a year-long program recognizing the 100th anniversary of national women's suffrage, other articles here: By…

6 years ago

Stoutenburgh-Teller Family Association 2019 Hyde Park

Photos by Shannon Butler and Bill Jeffway [cws_gpp_images_by_albumid_gp id='AOUkWu4v9Ak3cwfmqnIgQnh65dJj3SaoTLdPP6wAHhrZxddyBE_t04Kr_9eBFs0_8D1JlcX6IRhp' crop=1 row_height=200 theme='grid' show_title=0]       From "Dutch Houses in…

7 years ago

The Street Where It Happened

The life and times of Alexander Hamilton, with Dutchess County as the stage. By Bill Jeffway, Executive Director, Dutchess County…

7 years ago

Poughkeepsie 1961

May 20, 1961 "Summer Festival" along Main Street promoted by the Chamber of Commerce to support local shopping Special thanks…

7 years ago

Washington & Lafayette in Dutchess County

A version of the following article authored by Bill Jeffway was published in the Northern/Southern Dutchess News/Beacon Free Press on…

7 years ago