Speakers & Presentations | 14historyconference

1:05 Guest Speaker

“We Make History,” presented by Doug Carey, Spring Valley

1:50 Guest Speakers

“A Voice from the Past: Thomas FX Casey,” presented by Kevin Metcalf & Steve Shepardson

SCHEDULE

8:15 Registration & Breakfast

Get to Know the People at Your Table

10:15 School Presentations – Part II

Spring Valley, “Civil War Veterans: Buried in Black and White”

Ramapo, “Famous People Who Have Lived in Rockland County”

Pearl River, “Military Encampments in Rockland County”

8:45 Introduction of Dignitaries

Rockland County Executive Edwin Day

Rockland County District Attorney Thomas Zugibe

Rockland County Clerk Paul Piperato

Rockland County Legislature Chair Alden Wolfe

Airmont Mayor Veronica DeMeo Boesch

NYS (Rockland) Supreme Court Justice William Sherwood (Ret.)

Historical Society of Rockland County President Clare Sheridan

9:15 School Presentations – Part I

Tappan Zee “Crime & Punishment in Rockland County”

Suffern “The Influence of Gen. Lafayette on Rockland County”

9:30 Keynote Address: Dr. Travis Jackson, “Hillburn: Tragedy & Triumph”

11:00 Students Meet with Town Supervisors & Historians

Clarkstown: Supervisor Alexander Gromack; Town Historian Robert Knight;

Moderator, Melina Balducci, Clarkstown South

North Rockland: Haverstraw Supervisor Howard Phillips; Stony Point Supervisor Geoffrey Finn;

Stony Point Historian Stuart Gates; Moderators, Kevin Metcalf & Steve Shepardson, North Rockland

Orangetown: Supervisor Andrew Stewart; Historian Mary Cardenas, Moderators, Matt Robertson

& Scott Silver, Tappan Zee

Ramapo: Supervisor Christopher St. Lawrence; County Historian Craig Long; HSRC Senior Historian

Marianne Leese; Moderators, Scott Kaplan & Jared Gelb, Suffern

10:45 Student Presentations – Part III

Nyack, “The Influence of Nyack on the Art of Edward Hopper and the Impactof his Art on Rockland County”

North Rockland, “Washington-Rochambeau Revolutionary Route through Rockland County”

10:40 Activity Break

“Pipeline/Gutter Ball,” presented by Scott Kaplan, Suffern

1:30 All about the Historical Society of Rockland County,

presented by President Clare Sheridan and Senior Historian Marianne Leese

12:45 Student Presentations – Part IV

Nanuet, “The Erie Railroad’s Connection to the Growth of Nanuet”

Clarkstown South “Presidents Who Have Visited Rockland County”

12:00 Lunch & Exhibitor Tables

1:15 Student Presentations – Part V

Clarkstown North, “Tappan Zee Bridge’s Impact on Rockland County”

Albertus Magnus. “Camp Shanks and Its Importance”

THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY

of ROCKLAND COUNTY

SCHEDULE