CD-W13 Ulster During American Revolution

Late 4 Week Class | Available (Membership Required)

SUNY New Paltz campus Van den Berg Building Tricor Avenue (across from Hasbrouck Park New Paltz, NY 12561 United States
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10/15/2025-11/5/2025
11:00 AM-12:15 PM on Wed
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CD-W13 Ulster During American Revolution

Late 4 Week Class | Available (Membership Required)

250 Years ago, on July 9 1775, the New York Provisional Congress voted to join the other colonies in supporting independence from England. This class will highlight the impact of that decision on the social, political, and economic lives of the people living in Ulster County at that time.  How this pivotal moment both brought Ulster together and tore it apart.  How the Committees of Safety were formed and how they impacted life in the county. How people determined who was a Patriot and who was a Loyalist.  How women coped when the men went to war.  How the war’s ending changed Ulster County.


Marilou Abramshe

Marilou Abramshe loves history, especially local history and how the decisions of the past influence the life of today.  For the past 10 years she has shared various aspects of Ulster history with fellow members of LLI and other organizations.  On this, the semiquincentennial of the founding of the United States, she reviews how that pivotal moment helped shape the Ulster that we know today.