Veterans

Co. K at the Armory on Market Street, Poughkeepsie, 1917 Photo by Reuben Van Vlack These men were enlisted and serving when the United States declared war on Germany in April, 1917. So they were the first contingent to head to training, in August, 1917. The drafted men would begin to depart in September 1917. […]

The Dutchess County Agricultural Society is recognizing 2018: Year of the Veteran in two compelling ways at this year’s Dutchess County Fair. The 11-panel traveling exhibition that had launched at the FDR Presidential Library and Museum in April, Over Here: the Yet-To-Be Told Stories of Dutchess County’s Men, Women and Children During the World War, […]

Exhibition content developed in partnership with DCHS local Vice Presidents, listed below, local historians, and the interested general public. Amenia, Julian Strauss Beacon, Theresa Kraft Beekman, vacant Clinton, Craig Marshall Dover, Caroline Reichenberg East Fishkill, Rick Soedler Fishkill, Joey Cavaccini Hyde Park, Shannon Butler LaGrange, vacant Milan, Vicky LoBrutto North East & Millerton, Ed Downey […]

Content here is from the Collections of and Courtesy of the Beacon Historical Society Beacon’s William Wilson: eponym of an American war hero Wilson was killed in Belgium August, 19, 1918, 12 months to the day after a jubilant departure from Beacon. As published in the Beacon Free Press September 2018. Written by Robert Murphy, […]

11-panel exhibition: click image below Exhibition guide: FDR Presidential Library Dover Pine Plains Millerton Legion Millbrook Library Millbrook Library Stanford Poughkeepsie Waterfront Red Hook Beacon VFW Vassar College Beacon Hist. Soc. Please let us know if there is an event or location you would like see this exhibition This exhibition has traveled to the following […]

Being 100% American. When the United States entered the “World War,” the country had a population of 100 million, many of whom were recent immigrants.  German-Americans, who were among the largest ethnic groups in the Hudson Valley, became the target of widespread hysteria. “Real Americans” responded by refusing to drink German beer, by burning German-language […]

Click to enlarge and read Muster Roll ~ WWI Veterans from the Town of Clinton Memorial Town Hall front lawn, Centre Road, Schultzville, Town of Clinton, 1955. Brass plaque mounted on 6 foot stone boulder with 30 foot flagpole behind. “Memorial to the men and women of the Town of Clinton who served their country […]