June 1779, Crompond (Yorktown) NY
Image Size 11" x 17
Release Date: October 2002
Edition Size: 500 (50 A/P; 25 Remarques)
Price: $175
February/March 2003
Schoolhouses of Yorktown ( August 2003 feature) | Message from the President | Working Together to Protect Our Cultural Resources | Eternal Vigilance by Paul Martin
I hope everyone is enjoying a restful summer, following a stressful snowy winter and rainy spring. Like many volunteer organizations, we have slowed down for the summer, taking a much-deserved break. Our reorganized and expanded Board of Trustees, many of whom were elected for the first time in May 2002, worked hard to fill the void left by departing long-time members.
Time management is always an issue in our busy society. Our Board of Trustees is a working board. Some of our trustees are struggling to stay active as other demands on their time take them from their Historical Society duties. We have several trustee openings in our ranks and would happily fill these positions, should any of our readers be interested! Fortunately, we added to our ranks new trustee Ray Gunther in May. We welcome Ray and look forward to working with him in the coming year. Ray and his wife Janice are long-time residents of Yorktown and avid history buffs.
The Town of Yorktown’s new Comprehensive Plan will be adopted soon, and with it an exciting revitalized vision for the preservation of Yorktown’s historic resources. The Yorktown Historical Society has been involved in the Plan’s development and will continue to work with the town in its implementation.Linda Kiederer
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Working Together to Protect Our Cultural Resources
Early Yorktown residents have left evidence of their daily lives in the form of trash pits foundations and other remains that have become buried through time. These cultural resources, when carefully uncovered by train historians, can provide us with information not found in the written record.
By keeping careful records of remains of historic sites are excavated, we are able to preserve this information. Written reports present this information to the public and the artifacts are examined by historians and archaeologists.
As the community continues to grow and change, the unwritten records can easily be destroyed. Construction of highways, residential and commercial structures, and underground utilities often destroy historic sites. Other sites are often unrecorded when artifacts are removed by untrained collectors. Some are eroded by the forces of nature, such as wind and water.
One of the goals of the Yorktown Historical Society is to locate, and find ways to protect and preserve these sites. Each person that helps to preserve Yorktown’s cultural resources enables us to study and interpret our connection to the past. If you are interested in sharing information about historic sites, please contact the Yorktown Historical Society, Box 355, Yorktown Heights, NY 10598.
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ETERNAL VIGILANCE by Paul Martin
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