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Wish Fest to benefit Make-A-Wish Northeast New York
AMSTERDAM – Local recording artists Madison VanDenburg of “American Idol” fame and David J will be among the performers at the fourth installment of St. Mary’s Hospital Presents Wish Fest on Saturday, July 10 at Riverlink Park, 2 Front St.
There will be food, drink, attractions for all ages, performances by Rock Junkies and the X-Squad Water Ski Show Team and a fireworks show.
The community music festival will benefit Make-A-Wish Northeast New York to help fulfill wishes for children with critical illnesses.
For more information or to donate, go to wishfestneny.org.
Photo from the Guilderland Historical Society
Meadowdale Station, once located next to the tracks on Meadowdale Road, was one of the Delaware & Hudson’s smaller depots. Notice the telegraph poles in the background. The National Telegraph Company had run lines between Albany and Binghamton along the railroad route.
Victory at Yorktown; ratification of the Constitution; George Washington’s death; the British invasion of Washington, D.C.; election of Andrew Jackson; outbreak of the Civil War; assassination of Lincoln when and how did 18th- and 19th-century Guilderland residents learn of these events?
Even though Albany was just a few miles away, Guilderland’s 18th-Century residents were quite isolated. As anti-British agitation increased during the 1770s, there were discussions pro and con after church services and at local taverns.