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CrotonHistory

  1. Check out Google's amazing online "art project" with high resolution images of works from museums around the world. ow.ly/a4EjS
  2. Foundry Brook put back on path as museum is created lohud.us/GPm6xJ
  3. RT @brainpicker: Gorgeous 1848 map depicting New York City as a circle with a 25-mile radius j.mp/ArVh3h
  4. Croton Friends of History in the news. bit.ly/ziN1zO
  5. Should a Westchester Historic Site be Restored? bit.ly/xLueGo
  6. RT @dailycroton: Westchester Celebrates Washington's Birthday bit.ly/y6u1Q2
  7. Lincoln Still Revered 151 Years After Westchester Visit bit.ly/wzRVEf
  8. Joseph Cerreto will give a talk on "The Generals Who Initiated Modern Warfare Tactics in The Civil War" in Cortlandt bit.ly/xExQK1
  9. RT @nyplmilstein: New York History: Black Patriots: Continental African-American Vets bit.ly/x4hwE4
  10. RT @sethkaller: NY Historical Society displays a manuscript copy of the 13th Amendment signed by Lincoln: bit.ly/wMDePn via @addthis
  11. 171 years ago today: The Great Freshet of 1841, the day that changed the Croton River forever. bit.ly/xTjyFs
  12. Manhattan Street Grid at Museum of City of New York: nyti.ms/vqpCZZ
  13. Happy New Year! courtesy @NYPLMilstein ow.ly/i/oO18
  14. Did you know the NYTimes started the Times Square New Years Eve celebration? Watch The History of New Years Eve. livestre.am/187RA
  15. "New York City as it will be in 1999," The New York World, December 30, 1900, from skyscraper.org ow.ly/8dfwd...
  16. RT @nyharborprksnps: Like 2 dig in the dirt? Piece together clues? Learn about the past? Check out the NPS #archeology program for...
  17. RT @nyhistory: Today in 1823: Clement Clarke Moore's A Visit from Saint Nicholas was first published anonymously in Troy, NY....
  18. Croton Friends of History now has a Twitter account, @CrotonHistory We'll tweet about upcoming events and the history of Croton and the area