2024 - 2025 Programs

Troy's Tiffany Treasures

Michael P. Barrett will present the life story of Louis Comfort Tiffany and the extraordinary artworks he created.  We are fortunate to have some of his work visible locally in churches, libraries and public spaces.   

  Saving the USS Slater

Moored on the Hudson River at Broadway and Quay Street, Albany, NY, the Slater is a WWII Navy cannon-class destroyer escort ship. She is now a Historical Museum, open to the public. Our speaker will be assigned from her volunteer crew.

  100 Anniversary of  

The Castleton Cutoff Bridge

Speaker Peter F. Keyoskey will bring the past to life about this high-level bridge and twenty-eight miles of double track railroad with one of the largest and most modern freight yards in the country. The bridge opened to traffic  

November 20, 1924.

History of War Dogs

Ron Gabrielle examines dogs displaying the physical attributes that make the ideal candidate for the protection of the troops around them.

Albany County Hall of Records

Craig A. Carlson, Deputy County Clerk, will present an informational program on the public records at 95 Tivoli Street in Albany.

Annual Meeting & Dinner

Tony Opalka, City of Albany Historian, will present a program celebrating the 200th Anniversary of the  Erie Canal.