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Culture Sisters: The DeWints of Fishkill Landing
Culture Sisters: The DeWints of Fishkill Landing
Denise VanBurenNovember 26, 2025Beacon Elks Lodge 1493
9th Annual Beacons of History
9th Annual Beacons of History
Denise VanBurenNovember 8, 2025Roundhouse
Honoring our Beacon Veterans
Honoring our Beacon Veterans
Denise VanBurenOctober 31, 2025beacon Elks Lodge
The Hamiltons in Beacon
The Hamiltons in Beacon
Denise VanBurenSeptember 26, 2025
Show and Tell 2025
Show and Tell 2025
Denise VanBurenAugust 27, 2025
Historic Preservation in Beacon
Historic Preservation in Beacon
Denise VanBurenJuly 23, 2025
Camp Nitgedaiget
Camp Nitgedaiget
Denise VanBurenJune 25, 2025
The Boats of Summer - Remembering The Steamboats of the Hudson
The Boats of Summer - Remembering The Steamboats of the Hudson
Denise VanBurenMay 27, 2025
Memorial Building William G. Pomeroy Marker Unveiling
Memorial Building William G. Pomeroy Marker Unveiling
Denise VanBurenMay 26, 2025
The Brickyards that Built New York City
The Brickyards that Built New York City
Denise VanBurenApril 23, 2025
Irish Immigration to Beacon
Irish Immigration to Beacon
Denise VanBurenMarch 26, 2025
“Quaint and Grotesque” Library Furniture from Wodenethe in the Renaissance Style
“Quaint and Grotesque” Library Furniture from Wodenethe in the Renaissance Style
Denise VanBurenNovember 30, 2024
8th Annual Beacons of History Awards!
8th Annual Beacons of History Awards!
Denise VanBurenNovember 7, 2024The Roundhouse
Growing Up in Beacon Panel Discussion
Growing Up in Beacon Panel Discussion
Denise VanBurenOctober 23, 2024
Hopped Up On History - Game 5
Hopped Up On History - Game 5

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Denise VanBurenOctober 3, 2024Two Way Brewing
Hudson River Sloops & the Beacon Sloop Club
Hudson River Sloops & the Beacon Sloop Club
Denise VanBurenSeptember 29, 2024
Hopped Up On History - Game 4
Hopped Up On History - Game 4
Denise VanBurenSeptember 7, 2024
Show and Tell: Our Collection and Yours!
Show and Tell: Our Collection and Yours!
Denise VanBurenJuly 24, 2024
Early Days of WBNR
Early Days of WBNR
Denise VanBurenJune 27, 2024
Greetings From Beacon
Greetings From Beacon
Denise VanBurenMay 28, 2024
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Our headquarters will be closed from December 19-January 2 in order to celebrate the holidays.

Thanks for your support in 2025!

Beacon Historical Society
61 Leonard Street,
Beacon, NY, 12508,
United States
(845) 831-0514 beaconhistorical@gmail.com
Hours
Mon Closed
Tue Closed
Wed Closed
Thu 10am - 12pm
Fri Closed
Sat 1pm - 3pm
Sun Closed

Members and their Guests are invited to join us for this event, which is not open to the public.

Members' Holiday Get-Together!

  • Sunday, December 14, 2025

  • 2:00 PM 4:00 PM

Holiday Cheer! Don’t miss this year’s BHS Members’ Holiday Party on December 14 from 2 until 4 p.m. at Saint Rita’s Music Room, the former band and choral classroom in the 1916 Beacon High School on Fishkill Avenue, aka the Kube Art Center. The entrance is off Eliza Street at Verplanck (shown in this 1938 photograph of an addition in progress); parking is limited, so please carpool. It is a come-and-go-as-you-please open house.

We are especially grateful to BHS Member David Schwartz of the Beacon Building for generously sponsoring this year’s get-together; and we thank trustees Karen Meyer and Liz Foster for co-chairing it, as well as their volunteer helpers. Guides will also be available for tours of the building, which closed as our high school a quarter century ago.

CAMP NITGEDAIGET EXHIBITION CLOSES DECEMBER 20:

Looking for a great holiday gift? Look no further!
Our compilation of 38 years of Beacon Historical Society newsletters by Robert J. Murphy
makes the ideal present for those who love Beacon and its history! You can purchase it via the SHOP tab above.

DON’T MISS THIS GREAT HOLIDAY SPECIAL:
Buy five copies or more LOCALLY and save 30 percent off the cover price! For just $30 each (for a combined total of $150),
your five lucky gift recipients will receive a hard-cover, 544-page book with more than 1,000 photos!
We will deliver these five-or-more orders to you in Beacon and surrounding areas.
Email us at BeaconHistorical@gmail.com for all the details!

Just 75 copies remain of this book. Once they are sold, the book will be gone forever, as there will not be a third printing.
Order or email us today! Be this year’s most popular gift-giver! Ho! Ho! Ho!

Beacon Historical Society
PO Box 89
61 Leonard Street
Beacon, NY 12508



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