This week in HVNY history (January 1-7, 2024)
January 1: Albany replaced Kingston as capital of New York on January 1, 1797.
January 1: The Poughkeepsie Railroad Bridge opened on January 1, 1889.
January 3: The Village of Millbrook celebrated its 128th birthday on January 3. Although the Town of Washington is one of the nine original towns established in Dutchess County in 1788, the Village of Millbrook was founded in 1896 and grew in part due to the Newburgh, Dutchess and Connecticut Railroad of the 1870s, according to the Dutchess County historian.
January 4: On January 4, 1944, FDR deeded his Hyde Park home to the US Government. It was designated a National Historic Site 11 days later. Eleanor Roosevelt retained “lifetime control of the home,” but transferred the property to the National Park Service in November 1945.
January 6: On January 6, 1941, President Franklin D. Roosevelt delivered his Four Freedoms speech in his State of the Union address. FDR cited four fundamental freedoms – freedom of speech, freedom of worship, freedom from want and freedom from fear – as war raged across Europe and Asia. (Source: Hudson River Institute)
