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Virtual History Video Program: Pathway Through History; Historical Characters of the Hudson Valley
February 17, 2021 @ 8:00 am - 5:00 pm
Meet some of the men and women who contributed to the history of the Hudson Valley in this costumed character short film. Makes a great “virtual field trip” for students in Grades 4 and up, too.
Historic figures include: Phrenologist Orson Fowler; recollections by friends of Wappinger Native American Tribe Sachem Daniel Nimham and Abolitionist Sojourner Truth; baseball slugger “Big” Dan Brouthers and Mary, a local Suffragette; Pieter Mesier and his wife Catherine, who gives a personal account of the Wappinger Tea Party revolt which took place at the Mesier Homestead in May 1777; and Nicholas Brower, Patriot and builder of the Mesier Homestead in Wappingers Falls, NY.
This is short film is available for viewing at https://www.wappingershistoricalsociety.org/pathway-through-history
Info: 845-632-1281; info@wappingershistoricalsociety.org; wappingershistoricalsociety.org