Ossining’s Chambers Family Brings a Touch of Beauty to Dale Cemetery

Since childhood, Ossining natives Donna and Gail Chambers have visited Dale Cemetery during Easter and the holiday season to place flowers and wreaths on the graves of family members. Like […] Read more »

Hundreds Attend Holocaust Remembrance Day Commemoration

The Holocaust & Human Rights Education Center and Westchester Jewish Council Annual Countywide Yom HaShoah (Holocaust Remembrance Day) commemoration was held April 14 at the Garden of Remembrance in White […] Read more »

Briarcliff Eighth Graders Visit the Museum of Jewish Heritage

Briarcliff Middle School eighth graders had a meaningful trip to the Museum of Jewish Heritage – A Living Memorial to the Holocaust, in New York City recently. After reading “The […] Read more »

Peekskill’s Lincoln Depot Museum Designated A Blue Star Museum

The Lincoln Depot Museum has been designated as a Blue Star Museum by the National Endowment for the Arts. The Lincoln Depot Museum is one of four Blue Star Museums […] Read more »

Rip Van Winkle’s Journey to Highlight Historic Hudson Valley’s Summer Season

Historic Hudson Valley’s 2026 season opens Friday, May 8, with tours of Philipsburg Manor and Washington Irving’s Sunnyside, and Union Church of Pocantico Hills on Saturday, May 9, followed by […] Read more »

Rendezvous with Treason: Yorktown Group Presents Revolutionary War Performance

A dramatic portrayal of the fateful encounter between two of the American Revolution’s most intriguing characters will occur on April 17 at the historic First Presbyterian Church. Rendezvous with Treason depicts […] Read more »

Yorktown’s Holocaust Remembrance is April 16

The Town of Yorktown will host a talk by Holocaust survivor and author Joseph Gosler on April 16 for its annual Holocaust Remembrance Ceremony. Gosler, of New York City, is […] Read more »

Philipse Manor Hall Hosts Talk On Revolutionary War Era Westchester’s “Neutral Ground”

Philipse Manor Hall State Historic Site and the Friends of Philipse Manor Hall are pleased to present a talk by prominent local historian and author Stephen Paul DeVillo. The talk, entitled […] Read more »

Matthew Pinsker, Noted Lincoln Scholar, To Headline 2026 Lincoln Society Event

Matthew Pinsker, one of America’s most distinguished historians and a noted Lincoln scholar, will be the Keynote Speaker at the 2026 gala sunday brunch of the Lincoln Society in Peekskill […] Read more »

Yorktown to Reenact 1781 Defense of Pines Bridge

History will march back to life on May 2nd, when the community will gather in Yorktown Heights to commemorate The Battle of Pines Bridge, a brief, bloody clash that represented […] Read more »