Kent Historical Society
Newsletter
Volume 17, Number 1
Kent, Connecticut
February 2016
Birdsey Grant Northrop,
Tree Hugger Extraordinaire
By Wendy Murphy
July 18, 1817 marks the birthday of Kent’s own
Birdsey Grant Northrop. Few Americans know his
name today but over the eight decades of his very
productive life he was revered not only in New
England but in places as far away as Japan, Australia,
Turkey and Germany. Farmer, teacher, preacher,
educational reformer, world traveler, prominent
writer/lecturer, town planner and diplomatic envoy,
his greatest and most
lasting work was on
behalf of planting trees
and beautifying small
towns, two causes that
he believed were
essential to the
happiness and vigor of
democratic society. He
is the often-unsung
“Father of Arbor Day”
in many countries.
Birdsey’s life began
modestly enough. His
parents moved to Kent
from New Milford
around 1800, buying
Azariah Pratt’s
homestead near the
intersection of Route 7
and Cobble Road and
enough acreage to
establish a typical
subsistence farm of the
day. Like his four brothers and sisters, Birdsey’s boyhood days were divided between attendance at the
district primary school, farm chores, and church.
Kent, like most of Connecticut in those years was
largely denuded of trees as farming and the charcoal
industry claimed the state’s once resplendent forests,
which probably explains his particular affection for
trees. He would
always remember the joy
he took as a boy of six
helping his mother plant
a young maple tree in
their front yard, then
watching it grow in size
and beauty as he grew to
manhood.
Birdsey might well have
gone on to become a
farmer like his father,
but he had larger
ambitions beyond Kent.
Much to his father’s
displeasure he eventually
set off for college,
graduating from Yale
with a degree in theology
in 1841 at the age of 24.
Young Northrop took
a wife and was soon
called to lead a small
Northrop House, with Abby Northrop (left) and Lucy Hall, early 20th
century. Those trees were planted by Birdsey Northrop.
Congregational church in Massachusetts. But he
continued to look for some greater platform for
service. When offered the job as director of
Massachusetts’ school system and then of
Connecticut’s fledgling program, he left preaching
to become a champion of free and compulsory
public school education. Recognizing that America
had much to learn from Europe in those years
he read avidly and traveled abroad to investigate
both public education and environmental
conservation.
Northrop’s Enduring Legacy
Arbor Day had more than one father, as the citizens of
Nebraska City, Nebraska are proud to point out. In
1872 resident J. Sterling Morton, year after year
observing the loss of precious topsoil to wind and water
erosion, persuaded the Nebraska State Board of
Agriculture to sponsor a statewide program of treeplanting across the treeless prairie. Morton’s Arbor
Day, held in early April on his birthday, was first and
foremost concerned with “economic conservation” and the
majority of trees planted in those early years were in wind
rows to shelter farm fields. By contrast, Birdsey Northrop
and his followers were driven by a more aesthetic and
“moral” concern for village improvement; his Arbor Day
Even in those busy years he made time to lecture
and write, going from town to town to stir up
interest in planting shade trees along
thoroughfares, cleaning up front yards, painting
aging buildings, and installing gas lights and sidewalks to improve village and community. His
report on tree culture in Europe, published in
1879, so impressed the Connecticut Board
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of Agriculture that he was asked for advice in
reviving Connecticut’s primordial forests.
U.S., Northrop successfully petitioned Congress to
return some $750,000 that had been extracted 20
years earlier in connection with Japan’s default on
its Open Door Treaty.
From this was born Connecticut’s Arbor Day,
made into law in 1876 by the State Legislature. As
it was the centennial year of American Independence, Northrop urged everyone to honor the
heroes of the American Revolution by planting a
tree that “its fruits may survive 1976.” That first
year Connecticut’s teachers and students were
awarded prizes for planting five trees of specified
height and species. Many other states followed
Connecticut’s example.
Northrop finally made it to Japan in person in
1895. He delivered 38 lectures in the short space
of two months, mostly focused on establishing
Arbor Day in Japan, an annual custom observed
ever since. An old man now, he remained
committed to his causes, traveling to almost every
state in the union to spread the word until his
death on April 28, 1898.
Remarkably, Northrop’s work was particularly
influential in Japan, which had only recently
opened itself to foreign trade. Invited by the
Emperor of Japan to visit in 1872 to consult on
modernizing their educational system, Northrop
was too busy to make the trip. Instead, he brought
over several Japanese girls to educate in the U.S. as
a demonstration of what Japan should aspire to.
Northrop went on to win lasting admiration as the
individual most responsible for resolving the
prickly Shimonoseki Indemnity stand-off
between the two nations in 1883. Carrying a
40-foot long petition signed by virtually every
influential figure in academia and the clergy in the
Birdsey Northrop’s legacy to Kent continues
thanks to the gratitude of a Japanese forester,
Shunichi Kuga, who visited Kent in 1972, bringing
copies of his own biography of Northrop and a
check for $1,000. The gift, Kuga explained, was in
appreciation to the town for what Northrop had
done for Japan so long ago. Emily Hopson, town
historian, received the unexpected check,
promptly depositing it in the Town’s bank
account.
In the 1980s the Kuga Fund was tapped once for
street tree planting along Main Street, after which
it was largely forgotten. Then in 2001 the new
Kent Conservation Commission volunteered to
take custody of the account, which had grown in
value considerably, for tree maintenance in the
village. Most recently the Kuga Fund contributed
to the planting of eight new shade trees along
Elizabeth Street. And come Friday April 29,
Birdsey Northrop will also be remembered at the
annual Arbor Day ceremonies at Kent Center
School. This public celebration of arts, poetry,
music and tree planting by children was revived in
2001 with help from the Kent Conservation
Commission, the Kent Garden Club, and the Kent
Greenhouse. Hometown boy Birdsey would be
well pleased.
was launched in 1876 in the nation’s centennial year.
Over time the efforts and celebration of both movements
merged. More recently, growing concerns over oil spills,
air and water pollution, loss of habitat, and the
publication of Rachel Carson’s Silent Spring, pushed the
broader topic of environmental protection onto the
national political agenda. In 1970 the first Earth Day,
also in April but one week earlier than Arbor Day,
was held in hundreds of cities and towns across the U.S.
That same year Congress created the U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency to protect human
health and the environment through the writing and
enforcement of environmental regulations in every state
and territory.
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Great or Not? The Reputation of
George Laurence Nelson
By Chris Moore
Chris has been an intern with the Kent Historical Society for several summers, and recently sent us this
piece about George Laurence Nelson.
an artist who is unique. Comparing him to the
more recognized American artists of yore, Nelson
comes across as simply a fine craftsman
specializing in a representational style that was
wearing away during his lifetime. Time, essentially,
has vindicated this view.
Since I have begun to delve into the life of
George Laurence Nelson, I have wondered about
his place in art history. For an artist who lived
through the rise of modern art, how should he be
viewed?
I should first off say that I do not think GLN is
And on February 28, 1970, Nelson could have
foreseen as much. It was on that
day that the chief art critic of the
New York Times, John Canaday,
mentioned in his column, “a
corpse twitching 40 years after
embalmment, the National Academy of Design” and its annual
exhibition. To Nelson, its show
would have been a refuge of tradition, and an honest judge of merit
in figure and landscape painting.
But to Canaday, most of the work
exhibited nothing more than
“banality” and “amateurism.”
Apparently, the judges had decided
to not bestow the $15,000 in
prizes to any artists. Canaday,
smelling blood, figured it was a
sign of an institution in decline.
Outraged, Nelson wrote a letter to
the editor, saying, “it is the prerogative of every elected jury to
withhold awards if it so chooses.”
He further mentioned that
Canaday’s “corpse” remark was an
“uncalled for insult.”
But to Nelson, what would have
been more damning would have
been the shows that Canaday
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deemed as “more rewarding than the academy’s” in
his column. Among them was an exhibition on the
“frequently abstractly beautiful” work of an artist
by the name of Takis. His art, by the manipulation
of magnetic fields, used everyday items such as nails
and iron fillings. To Canaday, he is “much more
entertaining than (one’s) freshman physics lab
instructor used to be.”
After reading that, I imagine Nelson must have
been irked. I also cannot see him agreeing with
Andy Warhol’s belief that, “good business is the
best art.” Nelson was a craftsman, not a publicity
seeker.
His problem is, generally speaking, that his
wonderful still lifes and keenly observed landscapes
made him more of an artist from the 19th century,
not the 20th.
Encountering a Traitor: Sunday Series
Braving the aftermath of a large snowstorm that
crippled the east coast, author Eric D. Lehman
spoke to a large Sunday Series audience at Kent's
Town Hall on January 24. He presented a modern
view of Benedict Arnold. Lehman noted that when
beginning the book, he hoped he could vindicate
Arnold, or at least make a case that he had been
unfairly maligned, but this hope vanished during
this research. "He was a bad man," Lehman said.
Eric Lehman at Town Hall. A big thank you to Kent Coffee
& Chocolate Company for providing the refreshments!
Yet he was also a courageous soldier who had
many prominent friends and admirers before his
treachery. Lehman presented a modern "social
network" analysis of Arnold's social circle, and
showed how connected he was to prominent
colonial figures.
Lehman also explored the various meanings of the
word "treason," and how the modern usage does
not fit the situation in the colonies during the
Revolution. What made Arnold's treachery stand
out, Lehman declared, was that he didn't just betray
his country -- he betrayed his friends.
Lehman ended his talk with a haunting story about
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Arnold encountering Talleyrand, the
notoriously slippery French politician who
worked for the Bourbons, several revolutionary governments, and Napoleon, among
others. At a tavern in Portsmouth, England,
Talleyrand asked an American stranger for
letters of introduction he could use on his trip.
It turned out to be Arnold, who refused,
saying, "I am perhaps the only American who
cannot give you letters for his own country. All
the relations I had there are now broken. I
must never return." Talleyrand's comment: "I
must confess that he excited my pity."
Our Donors Give Us So Much
With great appreciation, we list the following businesses, organizations, foundations, and individuals that provided funding for the
Kent Historical Society’s programs and events, or awarded grants to KHS toward the restoration of Seven Hearths in 2015.
Gold Benefactors (designated gifts of $1,000 and above)
Silver Benefactors (designated gifts up to $1,000)
Connecticut Humanities
Victor and Susan Fink
in memory of Camp Leonard/Leonore
KentPresents
Kent School
Marvelwood School
1772 Foundation
South Kent School
Annie Bananie and Backcountry Outfitters
Bain Real Estate
William Pitt Sotheby’s International Realty
Kent Station Pharmacy
Morrison Gallery
Nicholas/Tobin Insurance, Inc.
Union Savings Bank
Our heartfelt thanks to the following donors, including all those who gave to the Kent Historical Society’s
Annual Fund and Comprehensive Campaign during the 2015 fiscal year, and through December 31, 2015.
Ron and Amy Aakjar
Karen and Lew Alfest
Ky Anderson
Mr. Lawford Anderson and Ms. Jean Morrison
Larry Appel and Ellen Dunn
Kip and Merry Armstrong
Dr. Amy Attas and Mr. Stephen Shapiro
Rona Auster
Ned and Susan Babbitt
Bill and Catherine Bachrach
Mr. and Mrs. John Milnes Baker
Richard Barber
Mr. and Mrs. Richard Barlow
Jeannette Montgomery Barron and
James D. Barron
Georganne Bensh and Nathan Kolodny
Marc and Janette Bornn
Rosemarie Allaire-Bosson and George Bosson
Mr. and Mrs. Kevin Brady
Maureen and Tom Brady
Mary Brash
Melode Brasher
Ely Britton
Woody and Pixie Brown
Harmie Brown
Carol and Bill Brown
Jim Brownell
Ronald C. Budny
Bob Burgess
Cliff and Roberts Burnett
Craig and Bettina Burr
Karen Butler
Elizabeth Carlson
Dorothy Casey
Mr. and Mrs. John Casey
Suzanne and Lawrence Charity
Darrell and Melissa Cherniske
Martin and Alice Cherniske
Lois Christopher
Sharon and Todd Cipolla
Mr. and Mrs. Albert Coffill
Colonial Lords of Manors in America
Mr. and Mrs. Donald Connery
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Coons
Ken Cooper and Charmian Place
Ellen Corsell
Darlene Chase Cromer
Mr. and Mrs. Richard Crouch
Mr. and Mrs. Richard Davis
Annette de la Renta
Vincent and Lois DeMarco
Donald and Carolyn DeVita
Mr. and Mrs. Francois DiGregorio
Robin Dill-Herde
Tony and Randy DiPentima
Susanne Edgerly
Ruth and Ed Epstein
Kathleen and Peter Esche
Mike and Anne Everett
Susan and Victor Fink
Susan Forbes and Robert Markowitz
Phyllis Foster
Tom and Carol Franken
Carol and Brad Friedman
Pat Gallagher
Bob and Sabine Gibson
Ira Goldspiel
Roger Gonzales
Charlotte Goodwin
Mrs. Donald Gowan
Built on Bequests
Modern donors recognize the value of having
their surviving assets continue to foster their
goals. In this spirit, we hope you’ll consider
making a bequest to the Kent Historical
Society. By including a bequest to the Kent Historical Society in your will or living trust, you are
ensuring that we can continue to
celebrate and preserve Kent for years to come.
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Myra Guerra
Eileen Gunning and Robert Blackmore
Michael Hallows and Lynn Perry
Mr. and Mrs. Chris Harrington
Deborah and Jonathan Hart
Kevin and Guyllen Hart
Joanne Hawks
Bronson and Marcia Hawley
Dr. Harvey Hayden VMD
Jill M. Hetson, DMD, and
George W. Hetson, DMD
Don and Patti Hicks
James and Alice Hicks
Charles Hirschler
Tanya Horgan
Dot Hosterman
Arthur and Judy Howland
Robert Indorf, Sr.
Claire Irving
W. Griggs Irving
Michael Jacoby and John Veltri
Mr. and Mrs. David Jalbert
Melinda Keck
John Jenner and Moira Kelly
Stan and Sandy Jennings
John and Adele Johnson
Anna Johnson-Chase and David Wolf
Mr. and Mrs. Matt Johnston
Joyce and John Kaminski
Mr. Walter Kane
Melinda Keck
Susan Adams Kennedy
Georgianne Kent
Charles and Jane Klein Family Fund
Louisa LaFontan
Your gift also entitles your estate to an
unlimited federal estate tax charitable
deduction. You can use a wide variety of
assets to fund a bequest, including cash,
appreciated securities, real estate, tangible
personal property, securities, and even closely
held stock. Please give us a call at
860-927-4587 to discuss it with us.
Ed Lamkay and Arthur Novell
Mr. and Mrs. Louis Lana
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Lenz
Dr. Martin Levine and Dr. Israel Cruz
Rick Levy
Charlotte Lindsey
Dick Lindsey
Mason Lord Jr.
Ronald MacFarlane
Carol Hoffman Matzke
Cathe Mazza
Frank and Carol McCann
Emily McWhinney
Hank and Susan McWhinnie
Judy and Peter Messer
Michael G. Monsarrat, DMD
Owen and Jane Moore
Jeffrey Morgan and Robert Couturier
Ms. Linda Nacinovich and Ms. Elaine
Debet-Fricke
James and Gail Neill
Nicholas/Tobin Insurance
Patricia and John Noneman
Andrew Ocif
Old Home Associates
Andy and Millie Olson
Karina O’Meara
Mrs. Eugene O'Meara
Mr. and Mrs. John R. Osborne, Jr.
The Pennyghael Foundation
Judy and Jim Perkins
Dr. and Mrs. Donald Peters
Bertha J. Petith
Jackie Pflieger
John Polhemus
Ester G. Pollard
Robert and Leslie Powell
Allan Priaulx and Jacqueline Markham
Barbara Psarakis
Rosina Rand
Alison Ratliff
David Regen and Maria Hill
Elizabeth Ritchie
Jane and Ted Roth
Stuart and Linda Saal
Kevin Sabia
Mr. and Mrs. James Samartini
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Lorna Schofield
William and Joan Silk
James and Dana Slaughter
Virginia Smith
Donna Sommers
Toni and Dan Soule
Butch and Judi Soule
Bunny Soule
Peter Starbuck
Margaret B. Stearns
Anonymous, in honor of Charlotte and Richard Lindsey
Karen Binder-Brynes and Paul Neuman, in honor of Emily Hopson
Marc and Marilyn DeVos, in honor of Emily Hopson
Donna Hall, in memory of Donald and Mildred Hall
Mr. and Mrs. Jon Stroble
Virginia Bush Suttman
James Talbot
Jay Teevan
Paul Tines
Charles Tomlinson
Herbert and Nancy Tully Foundation
John Veltri and Michael Jacoby
James and Kate Vick
Rick and Sue Vizzari
Edward and Carolyn Wagner
Jean Waterhouse
Edward H. Wathley
Bruce W. Whipple and Michael Ward
Jerry and Judy White
The Reverend Roger B. White
Kenny and JoAnn Whitmore
Roger Whitmore
Charles P. Whittemore
Hiram Williams and Peter Vaughan
Rodney Williams
Alicia and Matthew Winter
Alice J. Wolfe
Lynn and John Worthington
Wesley and Nancy Wyrick
Mrs. Henry Zaccara
Richard and Lauri Zarin
Dr. Gabriel Zatlin and Jane Zatlin
Tony and Sally Zunino
Denis and Patricia Horgan, in honor of Edna Peet Frisbie
Lester Hoysradt, in honor of Roger Sterry and family
Ms. Jane Pierce Pogany, in honor of Eugene "Rusty" O'Meara
Ms. Nancy Pringle, in honor of Mary Louise Wunderle
Grateful Thanks
We received so much more than just donations in 2015. Many businesses, individuals, and organizations
stepped forward to lend us a hand, volunteering time, effort, and creativity. We list them here, with warm
thanks...
For the generosity of local businesses:
Arbor Services of Connecticut
Gawel Excavating
B. L. Gleason and Son, Inc.
Irish Rock Art
Kent Greenhouse and Garden Center
Kent True Value
To all the individuals who helped as
docents and in too many other ways
to count:
Bruce Adams
Ky Anderson
Lloyd Albin
Bill Arnold
Bill and Catherine Bachrach
Stephen Bartkus
Sue Begnal
Bruce and Debby Bennett
David Birnbaum
Marsi Boon
Darlene Brady
Christine, Doug, Max and Cole
Branson
Patti and Bill Case
Zanne and Lawrence Charity
Karen Chase
Melissa, Darrell and Aiden
Cherniske
Kasey Clark
Al Coffill
Irene Connors
Rebekah, Richard and Sidney
Crouch
Peggy Danek
Peter D’Aprile
Debbie Devaux
Paul and Beth Dooley
Laurie Doss
Larry Dumoff
Ed and Ruth Epstein
Mike and Anne Everett
Victor and Susan Fink
Brad Finkelstein and Lisa Lippman
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Carol Franken
Candie, Tyler and Eric Fredritz
Patrice and Frank Galterio
William C. Gawel
Heather and Rob Gerowe
John Gleason
Mike Gnazzo
Roger Gonzales
Tim Good
Fran Goodsell
Richard Herrington
Hugh Hill
Cynthia Hochswender
Seth Houck
Judy Howland
Sandy and Stan Jennings
Carol Kallstrom
Kent Quilters
Kent School students
Lindsey Kerr
Richard Kerschner
Barry LaBendz
Grateful Thanks, continued
Abigail LaFontain
Bill, Tammy, Madison,
and Emily Lang
Kathi Lee and Wyatt Lee
Rick Levy
Charlotte and Dick Lindsey
Sue Lopardo
Connie Manes
Darin Meny
Marvelwood School Students
Anne McAndrews and Dave Fairty
Chris Moore
Justin Money
Rev. Michael J. Moran
Jeffrey Morgan
Billy Morrison
Wendy Murphy
Karina O'Meara
Ruth and Rusty O’Meara
Marie O’Neill
Linda Palmer
Mary and Don Peters
Lucy Pierpont
Bill Pollack
Elissa and George Potts
Toni Presti
Sam Rathbun
Jennie Rehnberg
Deborah Rose
Jane and Ted Roth
Jessie, James and Melanie Rundall
Susie Rundall
Julia Samartini
Scot Samuelson
Nancy Schaefer
Ira Smith
Marge Smith
Lee Sohl
Donna Sommers
Judi Soule
Lyn Stirnweiss
Jerry and Gail Tobin
Lisa Weinblatt
Michael Ward
Bruce Whipple
Dennis White
Marion and Joe Whynott
Joe Whynott, Jr.
Matt, Nate and Simon Winter
Wes Wyrick
Lynn, John and Trisha
Worthington
Jane Zatlin
To the organizations that
collaborated on programs or loaned
objects for our Camps of Kent
exhibition:
Connecticut Antique Machinery Assoc.
Girl Scouts of Connecticut
The Gunn Museum
The Hills Film Festival
Kent Garden Club
Kent Land Trust
Kent Memorial Library
Sharon Historical Society
And let’s not forget the tasty treats
provided by:
The Fife ‘n Drum Restaurant
J.P. Gifford’s
Kent Coffee & Chocolate
109 Cheese
SoDelicious Homemade Bakery
The Villager Restaurant
Upcoming Sunday Series Programs
Covered bridges that date back to colonial times are an
iconic image of Northwest Connecticut, and the
Kent/Cornwall area boasts some of the oldest of these
structures still in existence in New England. On
Sunday, March 20, 2015, at 2:00 PM at the Kent
Town Hall, the topic will be explored.
Author William S. Caswell Jr. will share information
gathered for his book, Connecticut and Rhode Island
Covered Bridges, which boasts rare vintage images and
postcard memories of days gone by. During their
heyday in the 1800s, more than 150 covered bridges
dotted the landscape of Connecticut and Rhode
Island, with many concentrated in the hills of
northwestern Connecticut. Since then, fires, floods,
and progress have claimed all but three of the
historic structures. Caswell, an engineer for the NH
Department of Transportation, is president and historian for the National Society for the Preservation of
Covered Bridges, and also maintains a website dedicated to gathering and sharing covered bridge photographs and information.
Image of Bulls Bridge by “Sixlocal,” Wikimedia Commons, under
the Creative Commons Attribution Share-Alike Unported License
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History on Foot:
Frank Galterio and the Moravians
By Brian Thomas
Some people learn a landscape by reading a
book about it. Others must walk its length and
breadth over many years. Still others, like Frank
Galterio, do both.
The history was checkered, since Connecticut
expelled the Moravians during the French and
Indian War. Many of the Moravians, in
addition to a number of Moravian Indians,
fled to the main site of the Moravian church
in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, where the order
welcomed them and provided land for them
to farm. Eventually it became possible to
return to New York and Connecticut. Galterio says, “They said they wanted to
return where the land was most beautiful and
the people were the most peaceful. And that
was here in Kent.”
A longtime friend of the Kent Historical
Society, Galterio has been walking Schaghticoke
Mountain since the 1970s when he came here
camping from Long Island. Eventually he
moved to Kent. He explains, “I hike all over
the place, all day long. And I usually don't
follow trails.”
On one walk, he had a conversation with Alan
Russell, chief of the Schaghticoke Indian
Tribe. Russell showed Galterio a copy of a map
of a gravesite that had 68 graves in it. Later,
around 2010, Galterio found two volumes about
the Moravian missionaries who lived in Kent
from 1743 to 1767 among the Schaghticokes-translated and edited by Corinna Dally-Starna
and William Starna, called Gideon’s People: Being a
Chronicle of an American Indian Community in
Colonial Connecticut and the Moravian Missionaries
Who Served There. Galterio
has read this account five
times.
Galterio’s research is ongoing, but a high
point came in 2012, when Frank brought
Craig Atwood, director of the Center for
Moravian Studies to Kent and led him to the
gravesite on the map. He introduced him to
Alan Russell. The Schaghticokes and the
Moravians “hadn't been together for 269
years,” Galterio said. He filmed them
together, standing among the graves of their
ancestors.
Galterio explains what
makes these Moravian
diaries so interesting. The
missionaries had to write
day by day diaries of
everything going on, from
the weather to earthquakes,
and especially their ties with
the Native Americans. “The
Moravians were really
truthful in their diaries,”
Galterio says. “They didn't
lie. It was a sin.” Many
Schaghticoke Indians became Moravians during
this period.
Frank Galterio filming Alan Russell (left) and
Craig Atwood, the Moravian historian. Photo by
Basil Merlot
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Michael Everett, President
Officers Vice President
Lynn Mellis Worthington,
Michael
Everett,
President
Melissa Cherniske, Secretary; Bruce
Whipple, Treasurer
Lynn Mellis Worthington,
Trustees Vice President
Melissa
Cherniske,
Bruce Whipple,
Treasurer
Zanne
Charity,Secretary;
Roger Gonzales,
Tim Good,
Trustees
Jeffrey Morgan,
Nancy Schaefer
Zanne
Charity,Director
Roger Gonzales,
Tim Good,
Executive
~ Brian Thomas
Jeffrey
Morgan,
Nancy
Schaefer
Assistant ~ Lyn Stirnweis
Staff
Executive
Director
~ BrianHill
Thomas
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~
Marge
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AM to Noon, Fridays 1 to 4 PM, or by
appointment
Assistant ~ Lyn Stirnweiss
Kent Quiz
This month’s question is open-ended, and ties into
our recent Sunday Series event: Why did Benedict
Arnold betray his country and his friends?
Everyone who attended Eric Lehman’s lecture will
have an advantage here.
Answer to the last quiz: How many railroad
crossings are there in Kent?
Nine. Can you believe it?
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