The Peru Gazette

June 4, Noon. Talk and Walk Wednesdays: Catholic Summer School of America with Robin LaBarge. Hear the story and see photos of the school which dominated the landscape of Cliff Haven from 1893 to 1950 and attracted thousands of summer visitors to the Plattsburgh area. A behind the scenes tour of the CCHA textile room. 

June 10, 6:45 pm, Lake Forest Retirement Community, 8 Lake Forest Drive, Plattsburgh. Opening the summer season, with stories of Valcour Island and the Bluff Point Lighthouse by Roger Harwood. 

June 14, 10 am to 4 pm. Museum Day, CCHA, 98 Ohio Avenue, Plattsburgh. Extended hours – donations appreciated. 

June 20, 12:30 pm, Plattsburgh Senior Center, 5139 North Catherine Street, Plattsburgh. Stories of Amazing Women with Pat Loughan, President of the Kent-Delord House Museum. Highlighting the extraordinary lives of Historian Jeannette Tuttle and teacher Helene Augustin using collection photos and local histories to tell the stories. 

June 19 to 21 – Juneteenth Commemorations cohosted with the North Country Underground Railroad Historical Association. For details check: https://www.northcountryundergroundrailroad.com/programs.php 

June 24, 6:45 pm, Lake Forest Retirement Community, 8 Lake Forest Drive, Plattsburgh. The Catholic Summer School of America with Robin Labarge. Hear the story and see photos of the school which dominated the landscape of Cliff Haven from 1893 to 1950 and attracted thousands of summer visitors to the Plattsburgh area. 

June 26, 6:30 pm CCHA, 98 Ohio Avenue, Plattsburgh. Lost Plattsburgh: Our Missing Architectural Roots. Focusing on the architecture and importance of Plattsburgh buildings Opening doors to the past and building our future. ______________________________________________________________________________ 

destroyed by fire or willful act. Picking up where Allan Everest left off in Our North Country Heritage (1972), the presentation discusses how their loss has left a lamentable gap in our nineteenth- and twentieth-century history. With Dr. James M. Lindgren, Professor Emeritus, SUNY, Dept. of History 

June 27 – 6:30 pm, Plattsburgh Memorial Chapel. Gender in New York During the Revolution with Dr. Maeve Kane, University at Albany. How gender shaped the experience of the American Revolution from the New York harbor through the Champlain Valley and Plattsburgh for Black, white, and Indigenous families in this pivotal time for our nation’s history. An America250 commemoration event. 

Above events are free and open to the public. July 6 – Sunday on the Island – Open house at the Bluff Point Lighthouse on Valcour Island. See three floors of exhibits and receive a Valcour Island Tour Guide. Transportation provided from the Peru Dock on Rte 9 South between 9:20 and 1:30 pm. $30 per person. Reserve your seat today by calling 518-561-0340. 

Contact Helen Nerska for more information – 518-561-0340