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The cecropia (Hyalophora cecropia) is North America’s largest moth, similar in size to a giant swallowtail butterfly. It’s one of several species of giant silk moths in the Northeast; this family includes the ethereal-looking luna moth, which has long, pale-green wings.
New York State Forest Rangers recently responded to a lost hiker at Crane Mountain, a hiker with blisters on the Cranberry Lake 50 trail, and several hikers with injuries in the Adirondack High Peaks.
A new historical marker in Schuylerville, NY, will bring renewed attention to a largely overlooked moment in the early republic, when the Marquis de Lafayette returned to Saratoga in October 1784 to assess a fragile independence not yet fully secured.
The cecropia (Hyalophora cecropia) is North America’s largest moth, similar in size to a giant swallowtail butterfly.
For the last two years, @reclaimtherecords.org, a not-for-profit activist group of genealogists, historians, researchers, and open government advocates, has been fighting to free Massachusetts vital records information from the Department of Public Health (DPH) and its proxies.
New York State Office of General Services (OGS) has announced the opening of “Power & Policy” at the State Capitol in Albany. This new exhibit highlights New York’s enduring legacy as the birthplace of the modern LGBTQ+ civil rights movement.
Ticonderoga Town Historian and Lower Adirondack Regional Center for History (LARCH) President Bill Dolback will present “The 1085 Chronicle,” about the history of the USS LCI(L)-1085 (Landing Craft Infantry Large), which became a Lake George tour boat.
Libraries aren't just places to obtain books for free, they're one of the few public spaces left in society where you can be without having to spend money.
500 new artifacts have been found at Ticonderoga‘s Liberty Hill, where the Declaration of Independence was read to the Continental Army for the first time in July 1776.
