WPCNR LAURELS & LEGENDS. April 13, 2008: The White Plains Historical Society cordially invites all members of the community to their 19th Annual Dinner on May 1 (Reception 6pm; Dinner 6:30pm) at the Crowne Plaza Hotel at 60 Hale Avenue in White Plains. Dr. Judith Higgins will be honored as the society's Citizen Extraordinaire. Guest Speaker Roger Panetta, Visiting Professor of History at Fordham University and Curator of Fordham University Libraries' Hudson River Collection, will discuss the 1909 Hudson-Fulton Tercentennial Celebration.
The White Plains Historical Society cordially invites all members of the community to their 19th Annual Dinner on May 1 (Reception 6pm; Dinner 6:30pm) at the Crowne Plaza Hotel at 60 Hale Avenue in White Plains. Dr. Judith Higgins will be honored as the society's Citizen Extraordinaire. Guest Speaker Roger Panetta, Visiting Professor of History at Fordham University and Curator of Fordham University Libraries' Hudson River Collection, will discuss the 1909 Hudson-Fulton Tercentennial Celebration.
The White Plains Historical Society was founded in 1983 as the successor to the Battle of White Plains Monument Committee, the White Plains Historical Society promotes the discovery, preservation, and dissemination of knowledge about history, past and present, of the City of White Plains. It particularly focuses on the preservation of historic buildings, sites, monuments, and cemeteries; and to promote public interest, awareness and to generate pride in our historic heritage.
Roger Panetta is a Visiting Professor of History at Fordham University, Curator of Fordham University Libraries' Hudson River Collection, and an Adjunct Curator for History at the Hudson River Museum. Prior to that, Dr. Panetta was Professor and Chair of History at Marymount College.
In addition to his university appointments he is an affiliated faculty with The Beacon Institute for the Study of Rivers and Estuaries and a Visiting Fellow in a Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute's Center for Humanities. Dr. Panetta's publications have focused on the history and culture of the Hudson River Valley, including his co-authorship of the 1996 book The Hudson: An Illustrated Guide to the Living River. He also was the contributing editor for Westchester: The American Suburb, the 2006 companion to the exhibit of the same name, which he curated at the Hudson River Museum.
Dr. Panetta appeared in Bill Moyer's TV documentary, America's First River as a feature narrator in 1999. He has published articles on the history of Sing Sing, and curated several exhibits at the Hudson River Museum including The Croton Aqueduct, The Railroad in the Making of Westchester, Boats of the Hudson, and Black Migration to Westchester.
Tickets are $40+ per person. Please RSVP by April 26. Call 914-328-1776 or 914-287-0772 or visit http://www.whiteplainshistory.org/
