February is Black History Month. Here’s a piece of Black history you might not know about. The National Abolition Hall of Fame and Museum is here in Upstate New York, in the tiny town of Peterboro ...

Abolitionist Place park, a public park that commemorates Brooklyn’s abolitionist history, is finally open to the public after at least 20 years of planning, multiple controversies, several iterations, ...

Historians have long debated whether the end of slavery in the United States was primarily driven by moral campaigns or economic changes. But what if both perspectives are looking at only part of the ...

DUMBO, Brooklyn (PIX11) — Kathy Wheat, a visitor from Colorado, was strolling through the Fulton Ferry Landing in Dumbo Brooklyn when she stumbled upon something unexpected. “I just happened to be ...

THANK YOU. LOVE SEEING A LOCAL BUSINESS OWNER DOING SO WELL ALSO. LANDIS VALLEY MUSEUM IN LANCASTER COUNTY ALSO HOSTED A JUNETEENTH CELEBRATION TODAY. THE EVENT INCLUDED REENACTMENTS, INCLUDING ...

The “Burned-Over District” refers to the western and central regions of New York State in the early 19 th century. It was called that because religious revivals and the formation of new religious ...