2008 Hudson Fulton Champlain Quadricentennial Mini-Grant Recipients
April 2008
| NAME & ORGANIZATION | PROJECT DESCRIPTION |
|---|---|
| Historical Society of Newburgh | America's first architect, tour, booklet, lectures (Downing, Vaux & Clarke) |
| Ausable River Association | Education booklet & history hikes, trails interpretive signs Champlain watershed Ausable River |
| Hudson Opera House | Harold Farberman to create Diamond St mini-opera |
| Mid-Hudson Antislavery History | Dutchess Antislavery Chorus to perform abolitionist music Dutchess County Freedom Trail |
| Piermont Library | Crabfest 2009 to raise library funds |
| Town of Highlands Historical Society | History Hudson River Travel from steam to solar window display on Main Street |
| North Lansingburgh Neighborhood Watch | Create park and access to Hudson River |
| New Windsor | Traveling exhibit & educational panels exploration and industry of Hudson Valley |
| Rondout Business District & City of Kingston | Public art projects using old sails from different vessels to create artwork for lampposts along Broadway |
| Beacon Historical Society | Create special souvenir 2009 poster reflecting historic sites for Newburgh Quad Committee |
| Pride of Ticonderoga | Design postcards for framing to coincide with restoration of Frazier Bridge-Lake George and Lake Champlain |
| Eddy Foundation Champlain Heritage Trails | Hiking/ski trails in central Champlain Valley linking Westport, Essex, Willsboro, Lewis and Elizabethtown |
| City of Mechanicville & Library | Furnish supplies for Quadricentennial Comm. at district library |
| City of Mechanicville | To supply lunch for kayakers of the Quad Sojourn from Champlain to NYC in 2009 Create Half Moon replica for parade float for Quadricentennial |
| Westport Library Association | Preservation and display of unique Avery collection of Champlainiana |
| Ticonderoga Historical Society | Design and interactive exhibit based on Fulton and Age of Steam |
| Kent-Delord House Museum | Create 100 education videos on life of Delord family in early 19th century for school distribution |
| Clinton, Essex, Franklin Library systems | Purchase books, DVDs on Hudson & Champlain by December 2008 |
| Wilderstein Historic Site | Research, design and install special 1909 exhibit |
| Van Wyck Council on Arts | Finance signage & audio materials for Howland Cultural Center, Beacon, for Audio Adventure tour |
| Community Garden Club of Marlborough | Community horticultural panorama planting of sunflowers for Quadricentennial |
| Cornwall-on-Hudson | Musical bandstand concert by local artists and school children reflecting 1909 concert |
| Greater Beacon 2009 Committee | Then and Now Calendar and Then and Now Events to be sold to promote Quad in 2009 |
| Elizabethtown-Lewis Chambers of Commerce, | To purchase 30 planters for unified floral plantings along Court St |
| Champlain Valley Transportation Museum | For operating the Weatherwax Sailing Ferry in Plattsburgh |
| Battle of Plattsburgh Association | Fund wooden sign for Battle of Plattsburgh for Museum campus on old army base |
| Newburgh Chamber Music | Music of Early Newburgh & Hudson River Valley 1909 |
| Town of Waterford | Quadricentennial Steamboat Meet & Quad Family Concert |
| Howland Public Library | Quadricentennial inter-generational Hudson River event with storyteller Jonathan Kruk |
| Halfmoon Celebrations | Town of Halfmoon Quadricentennial events including 1898 hydroelectric plant |
| JV Forrestal School, Beacon | Fourth grade students will engage in a program on Henry Hudson & Robert Fulton Impact on history and environment on HR |
| Rensselaer Middle School | Hudson River Poetry - to purchase rhyming & scholastic dictionaries (synonyms, antonyms, etc) Sixth grade students independently researching & creating projects that depict history of HR To cover expenses for students for research on the Half Moon Voyage of Discovery Trip Fall 2008 |
| Tug Pegasus Preservation Project | National Register vessels Pegasus & Lehigh Valley tour on HR interpreting role of river as water Highway throughout 400 years |
| Newburgh City School District | Quadricentennial project - two student groups will compete creating modern version of period dresses and creating historical desserts |
| Ticonderoga Historical Society | Society creating children's summer program at Hancock House with historian, costume maker and living history re-enactor |
| Village of Champlain | Refurbishing of first monument erected by Samuel de Champlain at St. Mary's Church in Champlain, for re-dedication, Aug. 2009 |
| Hudson Area Assoc Library | Fund the Library's Quadricentennial project to hire curator to create exhibits of history of Hudson and early 20th century in 2009 |
| Boquet River Association, Willsboro | To develop historic rambles and interpretive trails for canoeing, hiking, skiing and snowshoeing with Champlain Heritage Trail Committee |
| Staatsburgh State Historic Site | Develop an educational program for all level of children on the history of HR from Native Americans to modern technology |
| Mid-Hudson Children's Museum, Poughkeepsie | Develop an interactive exhibit that focuses on the industries of area industries, naval shipyard, blacksmith, pottery and hardware |
| Keene Valley Library | Project with Keene Central School grades 4-6 Use library resources to research the history of native people and explorers living at the time of Samuel de Champlain |
| Essex County Arts Council | Sponsor ad for Lois McClure and bark canoe and Louis McClure/400 years on Lake Champlain For Arts Council for Northern Adirondack Arts Directory |
| Grand Walkabout, Highland | Grand Walkabout participants will chart trails and record miles walked for award at closing Poughkeepsie RR Ceremony in 2009 |
| Village of Highland Falls | Create special 400th parade float |
| Parks & Trails New York | To defray costs for hiring a coordinator for the proposed Great Quadricentennial Pedal |
| Mountain Top Historical Society, Haines Falls | MTHS will theme its 2009 programs "400 years of Progress from an Eagle's Nest |
| Arm-of-Sea Productions, Inc | Touring theater production "Mutual Strangers: Henry Hudson & the River" |
| Waterfront Museum NYC | Tug & Barge Tour of NYC to Waterford |
| City Historian, City of Newburgh | Film of history of City of Newburgh for for Quadricentennial community programs |
| Old Town Cemetery Commission | For costumes to re-enact lives of Newburgh citizens during past 300 yrs for Quadricentennial community programs |
| Hudson Opera House | Exhibition - photographs depicting Henry Hudson's journey of exploration up the Hudson River Theatre production, "The Lighthouse Guard" by touring Dutch Theatre Company from Netherlands Kids Quad After-School Workshop-six session hands-on workshop includes field trips, environmental and social science Henry Hudson: The Great Dream by NYC based Concrete Temple Theatre includes workshop for high school drama students |
| St. George's | History Alive - Re-enactment program for Quadricentennial community programs |
| Historic Huguenot Street, New Paltz | Archaeology Exhibit and two-day conference on the subject of Esopus Indians and artifacts |
| Plattsburgh Public Library | To create four Quadricentennial programs on Champlain Valley |
| Mid-Hudson Chapter Adirondack Mountain Club | To support Paddlefest on HR and to teach kayaking, canoeing and to clean up Plum Point -Hudson River Sweep |
| Westport Chamber of Commerce Heritage Festival | 400 Years of Boating on Lake Champlain and display the historic Philadelphia II, Lois McClure |
| Ft. Montgomery Battle Site Association | October 2009 Commemorative Event at Fort Montgomery Battle site |
| Marlboro Free Library | To develop a Quadricentennial-themed summer camp for children for July & August |
| Norte Maar for Collaborative Projects in Arts | Will present a ballet celebrating life of Samuel de Champlain to premiere in 2009 |
| Ticonderoga Elementary School | Fifth grade students will create a tile to be added to a tile wall that will commemorate 400 years of history of Ticonderoga Area |
| Ballard Park Foundation | Project in conjunction with Westport Heritage Festival 400 Years of Boating- traditional music of Celtic British, French and Maritime Canada |
| Locust Grove Estate | To create a station along five miles of hiking trails overlooking the Hudson River devoted to Henry Hudson's 1609 voyage up the Hudson. Will include map and compass exercise |
| Five Rivers Environmental Education Center | Develop a week-long teacher workshop about the Quadricentennial with speakers, field trips to see The Halfmoon, New Netherlands Society and will include Swimming in Hudson River program |
| Rockland Teachers' Center Institute | Rockland County Storytelling Festival - celebrating 400 years of Hudson Valley's rich multi-cultural fabric of the communities |
| Newburgh-Beacon Quadricentennial Committee | Tent for the Half Moon visit in November for artists and vendors |
| Dutchess County Dept. History | For display cases for artifacts and memorabilia and speakers for lecture of 1909 Tricentennial |
| Poughkeepsie City Historian | Display of artifacts, ephemera, and photographs of the History of Utilitarian Art and Industry of Poughkeepsie 1789-1939 |
| Champlain Celebration Committee | Ticonderoga legacy project to erect Champlain monument on northerly side of LaChute River Memorial site and historic tourism site American Historical Theatre to present a historical educational program on Samuel de Champlain and Explorations of the Lower Champlain Valley |
| Nyack Merchants Committee of Friends of the Nyacks | Art Walk 2009- 20-30 Half Moon replicas to be individually painted by artists and placed around village through September 2009 |
| Highland Landing Park Association | Quadricentennial grand opening celebration of Bob Shepard Highland Landing Park which will Include historic reenactments, narrations, environmental and aquatic demonstrations |
