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WCHS Local History Book Club
January 14, 2023 @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Washington County Historical Society’s local history book club will meet from noon until 1 PM on Friday, January 13, at the historical society headquarters, 167 Broadway, Fort Edward. Historical Society membership is not required.
The January meeting of the book club will be discussion of the life and work of Mathew Brady. Born to Irish parents in Johnsburg, Warren Co., in 1822, Brady was a renowned photographer who was best known for his photos of the Civil War and of famous people in the 19th century. Brady studied under inventor and photographer Samuel Morse and later had galleries on Broadway and in Washington, DC. He died in poverty in New York City January 15, 1896.
February’s meet up will be about Shay’s Rebellion and the impact it had on our area.
Future sessions of the club will include books about the larger Adirondack area as well as some works by local authors. The proposed list of topics includes Ulysses Grant’s final days at Mount McGregor, Benedict Arnold’s building of the first Navy in Whitehall, and the Underground Railroad. For additional information, email Connie Harris Farrington at connieandlee@roadrunner.com.