Opening April 26th “Milestones in Astronomy: The Drapers of Hastings”

Chasing the Moon, Part I 2009 is the 400th anniversary of Galileo’s use of the telescope to study the stars, and it has been declared an “International Year of Astronomy” by the International Astronomical Union and UNESCO. In honor of this initiative, we have dedicated part of our new exhibition […]
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Opening April 26th “1909: Hastings-on-Hudson in the Year of the Hudson-Fulton Celebration”

2009 is a year of anniversaries, and we want to celebrate every one of them. It is the 400th anniversary of Galileo’s use of a telescope to study the stars, and in honor of this event we are putting the finishing touches on a display entitled “Milestones in Astronomy: The […]
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2009: The Hudson-Fulton Celebration’s 100th Anniversary

Souvenir button from the Hudson-Fulton Celebration of 1909 To kick off the 2009 Hudson-Fulton-Champlain Quadricentennial celebration, the Historical Society and the Hastings Public Library recently co-sponsored a concert of 17th century lute music and a slide lecture by Roger Panetta. Roger is a professor of history at Fordham University, as […]
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