Sunday January 18, 2026
Henry Knox and the Cannon Caravan
and Cuff Ashport
By
Bobbie Reno
East Greenbush Town Historian
Henry Knox and the Cannon Caravan
and Cuff Ashport
By
Bobbie Reno
East Greenbush Town Historian
Bobbie will discuss 25-year-old Henry Knox's 300-mile trek with cannons from Fort Ticonderoga to Cambridge, Massachusetts in the winter of 1775 - 1776.
She will also share some of her recent research on Cuff Ashport, who bought his freedom from slavery and fought in the Revolutionary War.
She will also share some of her recent research on Cuff Ashport, who bought his freedom from slavery and fought in the Revolutionary War.
Sunday February 15, 2026:
Jill Knapp and Cheryle Webber – They will talk about how the destruction of the ancient city of Nijmegen Netherlands, Albany’s Sister City, during WWII by both German and Allied Forces, led to the start of Albany’s Annual Tulip Festival, and how the connection between the two cities continues today.
Sunday March 15, 2026:
Lisa Fludd Smith –Lisa and her mother Victoria Jimpson Fludd - founded the African American Archive of Columbia County in 2021 to forge a deeper understanding of the lived historical experience of Black people in the Hudson Valley.
Sunday May , 2026:
Marilyn Sassi – Toys
Past Programs:
Sunday September 21, 2025: Tom Ragosta , Watervliet Historian, The Erie Canal
Sunday October 19, 2025: Marilyn Sassi -- Earliest Dutch Houses in New York
Sunday November 16, 2025: Kathy Sheehan
How we commemorated momentous occasions in the 19th and 20th centuries
Jill Knapp and Cheryle Webber – They will talk about how the destruction of the ancient city of Nijmegen Netherlands, Albany’s Sister City, during WWII by both German and Allied Forces, led to the start of Albany’s Annual Tulip Festival, and how the connection between the two cities continues today.
Sunday March 15, 2026:
Lisa Fludd Smith –Lisa and her mother Victoria Jimpson Fludd - founded the African American Archive of Columbia County in 2021 to forge a deeper understanding of the lived historical experience of Black people in the Hudson Valley.
Sunday May , 2026:
Marilyn Sassi – Toys
Past Programs:
Sunday September 21, 2025: Tom Ragosta , Watervliet Historian, The Erie Canal
Sunday October 19, 2025: Marilyn Sassi -- Earliest Dutch Houses in New York
Sunday November 16, 2025: Kathy Sheehan
How we commemorated momentous occasions in the 19th and 20th centuries