Events 2025
2/1 "Black Adirondack Soldiers in the Civil War." Lecture, q&a, book signing. This talk focuses on Black Adirondack soldiers in the Civil War and the impact of their service on their small rural communities. New York State Military Museum, 61 Lake Avenue, Saratoga Springs. 2-3 pm.
2/2 "The Hammersmith: The Odyssey of a Self-freed Slave, Private Thomas Elliott, who made the Adirondacks home." Talk, q&a, signing. JEMS/Jay Entertainment and Music Society, Amos & Julia Ward Theater,15 Parkside Rd, Jay, 3 pm.
2/4 βThe Black Woods: A Scheme of Justice and Benevolence on the Adirondack Frontier.β Online Speaker Series (zoom) from New York State Archives Partnership Trust. Register (free) at https://lp.constantcontactpages.com/ev/reg/4vq2xfz. 12:30 pm.
2/8 "A Bookish Market," Common Roots Brewing Co., Albany Outpost, 19 Quackenbush Square, Albany. Sponsored by The Book Hive in Glenville, NY. 12-3 pm.
2/15 "The road from Washington County to a Black Adirondack farm colony," Bottskill Baptist Church, Church St., Greenwich, NY. Willard Mountain DAR, sponsor. DAR meeting at 10, Talk & q&a. 11 am.
2/20 "The Story of a Black Adirondack Farm Colony before the Civil War, and its roots and afterlife in Vermont." ww.youtube.com/@VermontHistoricalSociety. 12-1 pm.
3/11 Book talk and q&a, with book signing to follow. Debra Bruno, A Hudson Valley Reckoning: Discovering the Secret History of Slaveholding in My Dutch American Family," in conversation with Adirondack historian Amy Godine, Northshire Bookstore, 424 Broadway, Saratoga Springs, 6 pm.