Fulton County Historical Society’s Cabin Fever Virtual Conversation Series continues with presentation from St. Kateri Tekakwitha National Shrine & Historic Site

Grab some hot cocoa and your favorite blanket and explore Mohawk Valley history without even leaving your house! Back by popular demand, our Cabin Fever Virtual Conversation series explores broad-reaching local history and brings in historians and scholars from across the state to share their expertise. Escape the winter doldrums from the comfort of your own sofa and discover something new!

On Tuesday, February 24th at 7pm, join us for “The Veeders of Montgomery County” with Nathan Turowsky of the Saint Kateri Tekakwitha National Shrine and Historic Site.

The Veeder family, whose members included Colonel Volkert Veeder and state legislators Johannes Veeder and Simon Veeder, owned the land that the Saint Kateri Tekakwitha National Shrine & Historic Site stands on for much of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries.  In this program, we will learn about the family’s history and about the 1782 Veeder farmhouse and barn. Hear about the continued work restoring the Early Republic-era family graveyard, and about the continued importance of the area’s Colonial and Revolutionary-era history to understanding our shared past.

About Nathan Turowsky

Nathan Turowsky is Museum & Archive Assistant at the Saint Kateri Tekakwitha National Shrine & Historic Site. He holds a Master of Theological Studies from Boston University School of Theology; his writing on religious, historical, and cultural topics, as well as fiction and literary translation, can be found at his website, silicatesiesta.com. For the past three years he has been giving presentations for New York State Path Through History Weekend each June and October.

This program will be held via Zoom and pre-registration is required. Please sign up at https://fultoncountyhistoricalsociety.org/events/.

Fulton County Historical Society programs are made possible by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature.