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The tablet that actually appears on St. Peter's Church
Albany Bicentennial Tablets

Albany Bicentennial Tablet No. 7 — First English Church

February 28, 2021February 28, 2021 Carl Johnson

Continuing our series on the bronze markers that were placed by the Albany Bicentennial Committee in 1886 – the words below were approved to commemorate the first English church in […]

Albany Bicentennial Tablets

Albany Bicentennial Tablet No. 6 – First Lutheran Church

February 23, 2021February 22, 2021 Carl Johnson

We were doing so well up till now. The first five of the (arbitrarily numbered) plaques put up in celebration of the bicentennial of Albany’s charter in 1886 have all […]

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Bones, Fire and a Weathercock

February 13, 2021February 13, 2021 Carl Johnson

Last time we wrote about the Albany Bicentennial Tablet commemorating the first church in Albany, and we noted that in addition to the two successive church structures that sat in […]

Albany Bicentennial Tablets

Albany Bicentennial Tablet No. 5 – The Old Dutch Church

February 7, 2021February 9, 2021 Carl Johnson

Continuing our series on the bronze markers that were placed by the Albany Bicentennial Committee in 1886 – the words below were approved to commemorate the first building constructed for […]

Kiliaen Van Rensselaer marker on Albany's City Hall
Albany Bicentennial Tablets

Albany Bicentennial Tablet No. 4 — The First Patroon

January 25, 2021January 25, 2021 Carl Johnson

Continuing our series on the bronze markers that were placed by the Albany Bicentennial Committee in 1886 – the words below were approved to commemorate the first Patroon: Tablet No. […]

Albany Bicentennial Tablets

Albany Bicentennial Tablet No. 3 – Broadway

January 18, 2021February 19, 2021 Carl Johnson

Continuing our series on the bronze markers that were placed by the Albany Bicentennial Committee in 1886. The Committee on Monumenting and Decoration chose to commemorate Broadway, then as now […]

Albany Bicentennial Tablets

Albany Bicentennial Tablet No. 2 – Municipal

January 8, 2021March 3, 2021 Carl Johnson

Continuing our series on the bronze markers that were placed by the Albany Bicentennial Committee in 1886. This was the tablet that was described by the Committee on Monumenting and […]

Albany Bicentennial Tablets

Albany Bicentennial Tablet No. 1: Fort Orange

January 2, 2021March 3, 2021 Carl Johnson

Our last entry talked about the Albany Bicentennial celebration and the fate of a marker meant to commemorate the Black citizens of Albany that may never have gotten to its […]

Albany

What Happened to the Burdett-Coutts Marker?

October 1, 2020October 1, 2020 Carl Johnson

Two notes: One, throughout this article there are variable spellings of Burdett-Coutts, and when quoting, I’ve reflected the spelling used in the source I’m quoting at the time. Two, of […]

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Thomas H. Sands Pennington, Black Pharmacist

August 17, 2020August 18, 2020 Carl Johnson

I started out to write a little bit about Dr. Thomas Elkins, one of the most remarkable and accomplished African American residents of Albany. I was challenged by two things: […]

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