SOTM Contents: Apr-Jun 2019

IN THIS ISSUE

Charlotte Elizabeth Parker: Co-Founder of the Threefold Community, The Rudolph Steiner Community in Chestnut Ridge

Marie Monteagudo, M.A., M.A., M.L.S., local history preservationist, moved to the Village of Chestnut Ridge in 2005 and has been documenting its history since 2014. She self-published Historic Treasures of Chestnut Ridge in 2016 and since then has exhibited her photographs in Rockland County and presented talks to the Spring Valley Rotary Club and county libraries. In 2018, Marie received the Historical Society of Rockland County's Preservation Leadership Award. This is her second article for South of the Mountains.

Two New Exhibitions

Executive Director Susan Deeks writes up two new exciting exhibits at the Historical Society: "Influencers: Art and History on South Mountain Road," a collaborative project with the Rockland Center for the Arts, and "Rockland Voices: Handmade by Henry Varnum Poor."

The Historical Society of Rockland County Annual Dinner

Alice Gerard received the Living Landmark Award, Kenneth Torsoe received the Community Service Award and the Grant Family received the Lifetime Service Award.

COVER PICTURE: Charlotte Elizabeth Parker, circa 1918. From the Collection of Threefold Educational Center.

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