This year John Curran is playing a dual role, as he is also the City Historian. So as appointed
by the Mayor and Common Council is charged with the responsibility of informing the public
of Peekskill's past, creating and enhancing a sense of Peekskill's historical identity. The office of the City Historian is housed in the Peekskill Museum.
Some of the items published by
the City Historian since 1995 are:
| Peekskill New
York, A Chronological History |
| The Influence
of Hungarian Immigrants In Peekskill |
| My Memories
of 100 African-American Peekskill Families |
| Peekskill In
Perspective; A Visual Journey Through Time (Video) |
| Peekskill On
Postcards (Video) |
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ATTACK AT PEEKSKILL BY
THE BRITISH IN 1777
A carefully
researched account of
American and British
forces in March of
1777 when the Hudson
Valley Command Post at
Peekskill was directly
assaulted by British
naval and infantry
forces.
This publication is now available in hardcover from Higginson Books in Salem, MA (www.higginsonbooks.com).
|
PEEKSKILL'S AFRICAN
AMERICAN HISTORY (released in June 2008
by The History Press
in Charleston, SC.) It
features an elegant
publication of 160
pages with 85
graphics, and a
narrative of
information never
before available.The subjects include black patrriots of the Revolution and Civil War, slavery days in Peekskill and Cortlandt,
many social organizations, the troubles of the 1960s, and a new look at the Paul Robeson concert events of 1949.
Currently available from
the
author John Curran
as a signed copy for $20 |
Peekskill was an important military post and Continental Army
Headquarters during the War of Independence from 1776 to 1783. The City Historian is
looking for archive documents relating to this topic. If any readers have or have access to
any documents relating to Peekskill, Peek's Kill, Verplanck Point, King's Ferry or
Continental Village during this era, please contact the author.
John Curran, City Historian
P.O. Box 84
Peekskill, NY 10566
(914) 736-0473
The jobs of the city historian are many. Here we see Mr Curran explaining a variety of projects at the museum
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