Lecture
Historic Images of Old Newburgh
Newburgh Free Library 124 Grand Street , Newburgh , NY, United StatesPlease join us for a presentation of photographs, documents, and postcards of historic Newburgh dating from the 18th to the early 20th centuries. Among the images we will be showing are class photos of the children of the Grand street school, graduating students of Newburgh Academy, Newburgh's baseball team and fire departments, ship builders and […]
Intro to Web Development Part 1
Newburgh Free Library 124 Grand Street , Newburgh , NY, United States"Intro to Web Development" - We strongly recommend to attend all three classes in consecutive sequence as they build on each other. Bring your laptops. We will guide you through this life-changing experience as you learn to use fundamental programming languages such as HTML, CSS, JavaScript and your working tools. HTML provides a basic structure […]
Introduction to the Internet I
Newburgh Free Library 124 Grand Street , Newburgh , NY, United StatesLearn to navigate the World Wide Web. Prerequisite: those without keyboard and/or mouse skills must first take the Introduction to Computers class. Registration Required.
Suffragettes: Paving the Way For All
Newburgh Free Library 124 Grand Street , Newburgh , NY, United StatesThis program commemorates the 1895 Suffragette Convention in Newburgh, which took place at the Palatine Hotel now the site of the Newburgh Free Library. The convention marked a transition in leadership and continued the momentum for women obtaining the right to vote until Nov. 6, 1917. This multi-part project includes a Bike Parade at 1 […]
Henry Knox and His Noble Train of Artillery
Desmond Campus for Adult Enrichment 6 Albany Post Road, Newburgh, United StatesLocal historian Bob Ulrich offers this lecture about one of our lesser known founding fathers, Henry Knox. With the British under siege in Boston, a young bookseller went to General Washington with an idea on how to get them to leave: transport 60 tons of cannon from Fort Ticonderoga to Dorchester Heights. It worked; much […]
Computer/Internet Practice Session
Newburgh Free Library 124 Grand Street , Newburgh , NY, United StatesFor those who are taking one of our classes: you will have the opportunity to practice keyboard and mouse skills, navigate the Internet, and become familiar with computers. No registration necessary.