Celebrate & Commemorate
“Public History As Civic Duty”
Public History as Civic Duty will examine the deepening importance of the work of public historians and the resonance of their labors in the civic sphere, where democratic sensibilities are cultivated and emboldened
Dr. Clement Price
Founders’ Day Lecturer
October 16, 10:30am UCC Commons
Sponsored by UCC Eco/Govt/History Dept - UCC History Club – UCC Black Student Heritage Organization – UCC Foundation – UCC Alumni Association UCC Phi Theta Kappa – UCC Student Govt. – - Union County Cultural and Heritage Commission - Scotch Plains Fanwood Historical Society; Kenilworth Historical Society
Union County College
FOUNDERS’ DAY CELEBRATION
October 16, 2009
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11:30- to 12:15 Annual Founder’s Day Concert Kevin Kane As American As Apple Pie American History in songs about heroes and hangings, rascals, gamblers and ghosts, sinners, saints, and the trains they rode and loved.
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12:30 – 1:00 pm Procession to UCC History Grove for Annual Wreath Laying
Ceremony at Cranford Fire Department Bag Pipers |
1:15 pm History and Poetry in the UCC History Grove Union County College History Club Members reading in UCC’s unique History grove a selection of poems that speak to and about history Lecture and music sections of program will take place in the UCC Commons, the entirety of which will be arranged for the Founders’ Day programming. As part of our day’s focus on public history, on display in the Commons will be an exhibit on the history of Black baseball at Yankee Stadium that was part of the debut exhibits at the new Yankee Stadium Museum. Also on display will be exhibit items depicting the history of UCC
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In commemoration of UCC’s founding father, Franklin D. Roosevelt, the UCC Cafeteria menu for the day will be the menu served the King and Queen of England by the President and First Lady of the United States on the historic visit of the Royal Couple to Hyde Park, June 11, 1939.
For further information contact Dr. Philip Papas (908) 497-4276 – Dr. Lawrence Hogan (908) 497-4235