CANTON – A Brown Bag Lunch program on Turning Points in Adirondack History will be presented by Andy Flynn, author of the popular Adirondack Attic book series, at noon on Thursday, September 16th at the St. Lawrence County Historical Association at the Silas Wright House, 3 East Main St., Canton.
Flynn’s focus will be on on four major turning points in the history of the Adirondacks:
1 American Revolution and lead up events to the revolution
2 Creation of the Adirondack Park by New York State in 1892
3 World War II
4 Formation of the Adirondack Park Agency in 1971
The St. Lawrence County Historical Association at the Silas Wright House is open Tuesday through Saturday noon to 4 p.m., Friday noon to 8 p.m. Admission to the museum is free; admission to the archives is free for members and children, $2.50 for college students, and $5 for the general public. The St. Lawrence County Historical Association is located at 3 E. Main St., Canton. Parking is available in the back of the SLCHA, next to the museum’s main entrance.
For more information, call the SLCHA at 315-386-8133 or e-mail info@slcha.org. Visit the SLCHA’s website, www.slcha.org for more information on St. Lawrence County history. SLCHA exhibits and programs are made possible in part with public funds from the New York State Council on the Arts, a state agency.
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