Upcoming Events at the Lincoln Depot Museum!
PAST EVENTS!
SATURDAY & SUNDAY, May 2.3, 2020: 10 AM- 5 PM
Lincoln Depot Museum Visitor Center
GRAND OPENING Living History Event:
At the Lincoln Depot Museum, 10 S. Water St. Peekskill, New York 10566
Reenactors & Living Historians welcome & invited.
Special Guest Speaker: Patrick Schroeder, Head Historian at Appomattox Court House National Park.
Elmer Ellsworth and Abraham Lincoln, and
Lincoln and the Surrender at Appomattox
More details to follow! http://lincolndepotmuseum.org/
Lincoln Depot Museum Visitor Center
GRAND OPENING Living History Event:
At the Lincoln Depot Museum, 10 S. Water St. Peekskill, New York 10566
Reenactors & Living Historians welcome & invited.
Special Guest Speaker: Patrick Schroeder, Head Historian at Appomattox Court House National Park.
Elmer Ellsworth and Abraham Lincoln, and
Lincoln and the Surrender at Appomattox
More details to follow! http://lincolndepotmuseum.org/
“A Far Cry from Green Mountain” by Paul J. Barbero
Thursday, March 12, 2020: Lincoln Depot Museum, 10 S. Water Street, Peekskill, NY
Admission $10.00, Members Free
Based on the true story of Frank Peregoy, A Far Cry From Green Mountain reveals the struggles and triumphs of the only soldier in American history to have earned the nation's two highest awards for valor, The Soldier's Medal and The Congressional Medal of Honor. Frank's story captures Appalachian life in early Twentieth Century America and opens our eyes to how one poverty-stricken mountaineer overcame the hardships of the Depression without sacrificing his deep-rooted values of family, honor, friendship, and an unbridled patriotism. Ultimately, A Far Cry From Green Mountain chronicles one man's journey to find himself while doing his part to unshackle Europe from the grasp of tyranny.
The author, Paul Barbero, draws from historical and military records, letters, and interviews with Frank Peregoy's last surviving family and friends to weave a riveting account of an American war hero too long overlooked. Barbero focuses closely on Peregoy, but never fails to place his life in historical context, with well-researched background on the Charlottesville area, the Depression, and especially World War II.
BOOK SALE AND SIGNING TO FOLLOW PRESENTATION
The author, Paul Barbero, draws from historical and military records, letters, and interviews with Frank Peregoy's last surviving family and friends to weave a riveting account of an American war hero too long overlooked. Barbero focuses closely on Peregoy, but never fails to place his life in historical context, with well-researched background on the Charlottesville area, the Depression, and especially World War II.
BOOK SALE AND SIGNING TO FOLLOW PRESENTATION
Presenter: Paul J. Barbero
Barbero has an easy-going style that manages to inform without turning into a hard slog for the reader. A combination of tight organization and lean prose makes Peregoy’s story glide by. This compelling story is recommended to anyone interested in the area, the WWII period, or to anyone who’s ever wondered what it takes to receive the Medal of Honor. Paul Barbero’s love of history and respect for those in the military began at a young age. His father joined the Army following the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, and spent the next three and a half years as a navigator in both Europe and Asia. At the war’s end, he remained in the reserves, was called back up for the war in Korea, and retired after thirty five years as a Colonel in the Air Force. Needless to say, a sense of immense patriotism was instilled in Barbero at a young age. As a child growing up in Newburgh, New York, he remembers visiting Washington’s Headquarters, the Nation’s first National Landmark, and being awed at the respect paid by all that entered. The grounds and the Monuments surrounding the four hundred year old stone house that Washington called home during the American Revolution added a sense of reverence for history that Barbero never lost. As a youth he attended many cultural, military, and sports events at nearby West Point. As a teenager he worked as a vendor at Michie Stadium, and worked with the grounds crew during his college years. Again, the statuary impressed him and his interest in history increased. His most memorable moment while working at the Point was when he accidently stumbled across the grave of General George Custer. Barbero saw the name Tech Sgt. Frank Peregory in a bold heading on a Virginia state historical marker. The inscription impressed him because two weeks earlier he had driven past Peregory Lane, not far from his new home. Later that month, while on a trip thousands of miles from home, he accidently discovered Frank Peregory’s grave. Barbero’s love of history and his respect for the life of this true American hero gave him the passion to research and write A Far Cry from Green Mountain, ensuring that the memory of Frank’s sacrifice not fade away. He lives in Charlottesville Virginia, just miles from Frank’s birthplace, with his wife Edie, and Kenny, their labradoodle. |
SATURDAY & SUNDAY, APRIL 27, 28, 2019: 10 AM- 5 PM Lincoln Depot Museum Visitor Center
GRAND OPENING Living History Event:
At the Lincoln Depot Museum, 10 S. Water St. Peekskill, New York 10566
Reenactors & Living Historians welcome & invited.
Special Guest Speaker: Patrick Schroeder, Head Historian at Appomattox Court House National Park.
Elmer Ellsworth and Abraham Lincoln, and
Lincoln and the Surrender at Appomattox
More details to follow! http://lincolndepotmuseum.org/
GRAND OPENING Living History Event:
At the Lincoln Depot Museum, 10 S. Water St. Peekskill, New York 10566
Reenactors & Living Historians welcome & invited.
Special Guest Speaker: Patrick Schroeder, Head Historian at Appomattox Court House National Park.
Elmer Ellsworth and Abraham Lincoln, and
Lincoln and the Surrender at Appomattox
More details to follow! http://lincolndepotmuseum.org/
Saturday, November 3, 2018, 7 PM – 10 PM
Annual Fundraiser with the Bob Getz Band
Hosted by Lincoln Depot Museum
Also includes! “A Taste of Peekskill” Many local restaurants will be providing food and drink from their popular menus.
Come celebrate another successful season and help us raise funds for 2019!
• Silent Auction •Sponsorships Available
Lincoln Depot Museum, 10 S. Water Street, Peekskill, NY 10566
Admission: $75.00 per person • $55 for LDM Members
Annual Fundraiser with the Bob Getz Band
Hosted by Lincoln Depot Museum
Also includes! “A Taste of Peekskill” Many local restaurants will be providing food and drink from their popular menus.
Come celebrate another successful season and help us raise funds for 2019!
• Silent Auction •Sponsorships Available
Lincoln Depot Museum, 10 S. Water Street, Peekskill, NY 10566
Admission: $75.00 per person • $55 for LDM Members
PAST EVENTS!
Lincoln Exedra Re-dedication Ceremony: Sunday November 5, 2017, 12 Noon
Annual Fundraiser with the Class Action Band: Saturday, November 18 @ 7:00 pm - 10:00 pm
Save the date: Saturday, February 17, 2018: Lincoln Remembrance Day at LDM: Details to follow
Save the date: Saturday, March 24, 2018: Lincoln Society Gala Dinner: Details to follow
Please join the Lincoln Society in Peekskill for the Rededication of the newly restored Lincoln Exedra
Sunday, November 5, 2017
12 Noon
at the Lincoln Exedra
South Street, Peekskill, NY
(Across from Parkway Plaza Apts, 545 South Street)
Refreshments to follow at the Lincoln Depot Museum, 10 South Water Street
Lincoln Exedra Re-dedication Ceremony: Sunday November 5, 2017
Statue Re-Dedication and Speaker Program: Saturday, October 28, 1-4 PM
The 10 Year Anniversary Our Lincoln Statue will be celebrated & re-dedicated on Saturday, October 28, 2017 followed by:
Lincoln’s Other War: WWII and the Re-birth of NEW Freedom!
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The Lincoln Depot Museum is pleased to continue our Fall Lecture Series on Saturday, October 28th with noted scholar and author Brian Snee.
Brian Snee will discuss how Lincoln was re-born to support the War effort, anti-isolationism and sell war bonds. Culled from Brian’s forth coming book: “The Lincoln Blitz”, Mr. Snee will explore how Hollywood’s use of Lincoln’s image in WWII pro-war propaganda films helped bring about Victory. Some films referenced will be Darryl F. Zanuck’s Young Mr. Lincoln (1939) and Robert E. Sherwood’s Abe Lincoln in Illinois (1940), both anti-isolationist attacks on the “America First” movement. Included will be a display of WWII artifacts incorporating Lincoln’s words and image onto home-front propaganda and morale boosting slogan items. Copies of Brian’s book, “Lincoln before Lincoln: Early Cinematic Adaptations of the Life of America’s Greatest President,” will be sold at the event.
Doors open at 1 PM with presentation beginning at 1:30 PM
Admission: $10 per person • Members Free
Brian Snee will discuss how Lincoln was re-born to support the War effort, anti-isolationism and sell war bonds. Culled from Brian’s forth coming book: “The Lincoln Blitz”, Mr. Snee will explore how Hollywood’s use of Lincoln’s image in WWII pro-war propaganda films helped bring about Victory. Some films referenced will be Darryl F. Zanuck’s Young Mr. Lincoln (1939) and Robert E. Sherwood’s Abe Lincoln in Illinois (1940), both anti-isolationist attacks on the “America First” movement. Included will be a display of WWII artifacts incorporating Lincoln’s words and image onto home-front propaganda and morale boosting slogan items. Copies of Brian’s book, “Lincoln before Lincoln: Early Cinematic Adaptations of the Life of America’s Greatest President,” will be sold at the event.
Doors open at 1 PM with presentation beginning at 1:30 PM
Admission: $10 per person • Members Free
He is the author of Lincoln before Lincoln (University Press of Kentucky), and the editor of Michael Moore and the Rhetoric of Documentary (Southern Illinois University Press) and The Rhetoric of the New Political Documentary (Southern Illinois University Press). His research has been published in numerous academic journals and scholarly anthologies, and he has presented research at academic conferences from Boston to San Diego and from Orlando to Seattle. He is currently researching a book about two Lincoln films (Young Mr. Lincoln, 1939, and Abe Lincoln in Illinois, 1940) that were produced in order to influence the outcome of the 1940 presidential election and to change American public opinion about intervening in WWII. He lives in Peekskill, NY, with his wife, Janell Borrison and three children.
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