Hello Members, Friends and Supporters of the New Paltz Historical Society,
Welcome to the New Paltz Historical Society’s fifth Newsletter. Another week has gone by, but did you even notice?
Newsletter #5, May 4, 2020
* No quiz/contest this week. Instead we have a few jig-saw puzzles to occupy some time.
Here are three jigsaw puzzles for you this week. The first link is an easy 24 piece puzzle, second link is a bit harder, and the third puzzle has 80 pieces! See if you can locate where these photos were taken. You can change the number, direction and shape of each piece if you choose to. Let us know if you enjoyed this diversion, and how quickly you were able to complete the puzzles. (You may have to hold down the control (Ctrl) key and click on the link to open up the puzzle.)
Next week, back by popular demand, we will have another rebus contest in our May 11th Newsletter. The winner will receive a custom, hand-made protective mask, made by Susan Stessin.
** The New Paltz Historical Society is pleased to continue our series of videos presenting the unique history of Kingston, NY. This series of lectures was hosted by the Senate House State Historic Site, in Kingston. The series, “Kingston’s Buried Treasures,” ran from 2012 through 2016, and featured the forgotten, yet vital people of Kingston, and the events that took place in New York’s first capital, one of America’s most unique communities. With inspirational tales of meteoric rise, and cautionary woes of equally spectacular falls, Kingston’s history tells more than just the story of a city - its arguably the story of a nation. Through war and peace, boom and bust, Kingston’s place in our state and our national lore has few rivals. Take a look back at 365 years of this extraordinary city- Kingston, New York. One of our past (and favorite) speakers, Paul O'Neill, Commissioner of Jurors for Ulster County, facilitated this series. We will be including a link to a different “Kingston’s Buried Treasures” lecture every week in our Newsletter.
This week’s lecture is titled General George H. Sharpe: Spy Master of the Civil War presented by Walter Witkowski.
Click https://youtu.be/JIr86zCmEKI to begin viewing. This talk took place at the Senate House on Sep. 21, 2012. (Note: the audio begins at about 1 minute 30 seconds, and the total time of the video is 1 hour and 19 minutes.)
*** We are including a link to an article which we think some of you will find both interesting and informative. The title is “Visualizing the History of Pandemics.” You can view it here: https://www.visualcapitalist.com/history-of-pandemics-deadliest/
**** Work is continuing on our website: https://sites.google.com/view/newpaltzhistoricalsociety/home, so click on the link and check it out. Comments and suggestions are welcome! Our webmistress, Ashley Biagini, has been a great help on both the website, and our social media presence. We are now including her name in our sign off, in case you were wondering who “Ashley” was.
***** We have had to cancel our presentation scheduled for May. We do not know what June will bring yet, but we will keep you posted. Any decisions we make will be based New York State Policy, sound medical advice, social distancing issues, the Town, County and State guidelines, and Community Center policy and room capacity. The New Paltz Historical Society fully intends to continue our program of lectures and events as soon as it is safe to begin meeting again, and will inform you of any changes through these Newsletters.
****** And now, without keeping you in suspense any longer, here are the winners of last week’s photo quiz, “What is it?”
The Winner is: Susanne Norris! Congratulations for getting the most answers correct. The answer sheet and original quiz are attached above.
The Runner Ups were: Linda Tantillo, Liz Lee, Denise Giardullo, and Bob Krajicek. Thank you all for playing!
******* As always, if you have any questions, suggestions or comments, drop us a line at: nphistoricalsociety@gmail.com, we hope that you are enjoying our Newsletter.
Stay safe, stay home!
Until next week,
Ashley, Diane, Dolly, Susan, Marny and Jack
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