Sand Lake Historical Society

Videos of Past Programs and Events

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• January 10: Sand Lake Show & Tell Returns.

• February 8: February 8: Abel Brown: Pastor, Abolitionist, Radical - A Conversation
• March 8: The Kittle Family Murders
• September 13: History of the Crooked Lake Hotel
• November 15: The Land Doesn't Forget

• February 9: Adam Blake, Jr. , Entrepreneur!
• April 13: What is the Rensselaer Plateau and Is Sand Lake In It?
• June 8: Architecture Worth Saving in Rensselaer County; 50 years later
• September 14: Sand Lake Town Historian Bob Moore -- updates (Note lack of sound)
• October 12: Special program at the former Faith Mills / arts letters & numbers on Burden Lake Road. A brief tour, description of how some of the areas were used, video presentation on the Wynantskill, information on al&n, and mention of the [then-] upcoming Amazing Graves 3, featuring “The Ladies of Faith Mills” and other portrayals.
• November 9: Sir, what do we do with all the dead? Mortuary practices during the American Civil War

• March 10: History of Burden Lakes
• October 13: Historic Roads & the Shaping of Our Town
• November 10: Presentation by double Purple Heart and Silver and Bronze Star recipient LTC (Ret) John Brownrigg titled the “Four Freedoms We Celebrate on Veterans Day”; also fellow area veterans William Glasser, Jr., Paul Glasser, Jr. and Shari Mantini recalled some their most memorable military experiences.

• October 15-16: Amazing Graves; Ghosts of Sand Lake (SLHS co-sponsored this event!)

• September 8: Averill Park Schools Video Discovery Program (1985-1991)

Our Stories Matter (oral history interviews):

• Frank Mantha
• Bill Middleton
• Doris Stacy
  
  
• "Teddy Roosevelt returns to Sand Lake" commercial | [purchase DVD]

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