Public History

1932 George Washington Pageant

Dutchess County residents were celebrating other Presidential news when Hyde Park's Franklin Roosevelt won the first of what would be…

4 years ago

History in Public Places: Hyde Park Post Office

President Franklin D. Roosevelt was impressed by the murals that his Rhinebeck, artist neighbor, Olin Dows, had created for the…

6 years ago

History in Public Places: Rhinebeck Post Office

September 2020. There has been a growing community discussion about the depiction of enslaved individuals in the Olin Dows murals…

6 years ago

Our Public History: Murals & Paintings

Local issues How are others handling the issue? Metropolitan Museum of Art The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York…

6 years ago

Our Public History: Statues & Monuments

The combined forces of a global pandemic, public discussions about race and social justice in a democracy as open, free…

6 years ago

Our Public History: Public Holidays

By Bill Jeffway A version of this article was published in the Northern and Southern Dutchess News/ Beacon Free Press…

6 years ago

Our History Depicted in Public Places

Can informed and civil conversations promote understanding of diverse views? Increasingly, national conversations about what history should be taught emerge…

6 years ago