2nd Annual HSRC High School Local History Conference

The Historical Society of Rockland County is proud to host the second Rockland County High School Local History Conference, bringing together students, Social Studies Honor Society advisers and Department Chairs from throughout the county.

Keynote speaker: Dr. Travis Jackson, who will highlight Rockland County’s unique place in American Civil Rights history with a talk on “Hillburn: A Story of Tragedy and Triumph.” 

Other speakers include:

• County Executive Ed Day
• County Historian Craig Long
• District Attorney Tom Zugibe
• County Clerk Paul Piperato
• Senator David Carlucci

Students will present research projects about historic places in their communities to their peers and invited guests. Community service opportunities in Rockland that relate to history will be suggested and discussed. Please note that attendance at the conference is by invitation only.

Co-chairs:

• Larry Singer, Esq., and Judge William Sherwood, Trustees of the HSRC;
• Kevin Metcalf, social studies teacher at North Rockland High School (NRHS)
• Stephen Shepardson, adviser to the NRHS Social Studies Honor Society

Sponsors:

• Orange & Rockland Utilities
• Comfort Inn & Suites of Nanuet
• The Sheridan Family
• Trustees of the Historical Society of Rockland County

Sponsorship opportunities are available and encouraged. To show support for your school’s history students, please consider purchasing a journal ad or providing door prizes or raffle prize for students. (See the website at http://www.rocklandhistory.org/event.cfm?page=343.)

“The Historical Society is proud to be hosting this conference again in 2014,” says HSRC Vice-President Larry Singer. “We’ve built upon last year’s successes and look forward to a great day of collaboration between our county’s high school students, their instructors and advisers, and history organizations throughout Rockland County.”