Join us on May 29th at 6 PM at the Hudson Area Library for the next lecture in the series.
Lecture:
The Enduring Impact of the Palatine Migration on Columbia County, by Thomas Shannon
Date/Time:
Thursday, October 10th, 6PM
Location:
Hudson Area Library
Program Description: All across Columbia and surrounding counties are traces of the 1709 Palatine Migration to New York. A variety of reasons contributed to a public memory murk that caused one writer to claim “that to study their history seems like looking for a lost age and a lost people, a romance of the past,” in 1878. And yet there was, and continues to be, a lot of truth in that statement. The finest historical narrative of the Palatines to date, Becoming German by Philip Otterness, follows those who left for Schoharie in 1712. By contrast, this talk will cover the local aftermath of the Palatine Migration, the persistence of many family names, more than a century of co-existence with Livingston Manor, and the factors that eventually swept away much of the outwardly obvious Germanness of south Columbia County, with an emphasis on those traces that have survived.
The Jacob Leisler Library Lectures are made partially possible through the generous support of the Van
Dyke Family Foundation, HRBT Foundation, and Bank of Greene County Charitable Foundation.