Adirondack Almanack Thursday June 17, 2021 by Community News Reports On Friday, June 18, 2021, John Brown Lives! (JBL!) and NYS Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation (NYSORHP) will unveil a banner heralding the 125th anniversary of NYS’ acquisition of the John Brown Farm in 1896. NYS Parks Commissioner Erik Kulleseid [...]
John Brown Lives! is Highlighted! New York State's annual commemoration of the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. "New York State Celebrates Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.: Civil Rights Then and Now," airs today, Monday, January 18 on PBS stations throughout New York. In addition to viewing [...]
Area museums receive training, tools to take their interpretation next level By ROBIN CAUDELL Press-Republic Press Republican Dec 31, 2020 KAREN DAVIDSON SEWARD/PHOTO The Memorial Field for Black Lives by Karen Davidson Seward, a Lake Placid artist and book designer, was installed on Juneteenth or Emancipation Day (June 19) at [...]
Essex Co. Grand Jury indicts former Cohoes cop Related to Lincoln Pond 9-1-1 call last June The Sun By Kim Dedam Dec 10, 2020 5:00 PM ELIZABETHTOWN | Four misdemeanor charges have been handed up by an Essex County Grand Jury against former Cohoes Police Officer Sean T. McKown. McKown, [...]
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 2020 John Brown Lives! hosts virtual blues concert, online discussion by Editorial Staff Adirondack Almanack Blues at Timbuctoo delivers a generously spirited, deeply meaningful day of the Blues usually held at the home of abolitionist John Brown at the 270-acre John Brown Farm State Historic Site in Lake Placid. This year however, we [...]
Abolitionist John Brown’s ties to the Adirondacks, why it matters today Updated Oct 22, 2020 A statue of abolitionist John Brown at the John Brown Farm, a state historic site, in North Elba near Lake Placid. By David Figura | dfigura@nyup.com The recent release of “The Good Lord Bird,” a TV [...]
Adirondack Daily Enterprise September 1, 2020 by Peter Crowley Violin Vigil for Black Lives protests police brutality Charlie Burnham, second from right, leads local string musicians in the “Community String Along” portion of a Violin Vigil for Black Lives concert Sunday at John Brown Farm Historic Site in Lake Placid. [...]
North country to gather for violin vigil in Adirondacks to honor Black lives By ELLIS GIACOMELLI egiacomelli@wdt.net Aug 28, 2020 Updated Aug 29, 2020 The Memorial Field for Black Lives sits beyond the statue of abolitionist John Brown at the John Brown Farm State Historic Site in North Elba. A vigil for [...]
Violin vigil to mark McClain death anniversary BY ROBIN CAUDELL Press-Republican Aug 27, 2020 Updated Oct 20, 2020 IMAGE PROVIDED Jazz violinist/recording artist Charlie Burnham leads the “Violin Vigil for Black Lives” 4 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 30, at the John Brown Farm State Historic Site. LAKE PLACID – Jazz violinist/recording artist Charlie [...]