=== Upcoming Events ===
The BMSHS has now completed its schedule of presentations (nine in all) for 2024:
“Mr. Law, we need a church”. The stories of the community that made the Briarcliff Congregational Church. Told by Todd Farnsworth, February 7th, 2024, at 1:00pm at the church.
St. Mary’s Church, Scarborough. Presentation given by Howard Dale on the history of St. Mary’s Followed by A Showing of the 1937 Movie: “The Birth of St. Mary’s”. All Saints Episcopal Church Saturday, April 20, 2024
Walter Law from Rugs to Riches. Presentation given by Howard Dale to Rotary, 16 August 2024.
Gardens by Design. Formal and informal garden designs in works by Harold Caparn. Presentation given by Oliver Chamberlain, 2:00pm, September 29 2024, at the Vescio Community Center Briarcliff Manor.
1908 Briarcliff Road Race. Presentation given by Howard Dale, BMSHS to the Croton Friends of History, 7:00pm at the Croton Free Library.
History of the Faith Lutheran Church. Presentation given by Pastor Anthony Karlik, October 26, 2024, at 2:00pm at the Faith Lutheran Brethren Church.
History of the Congregation Sons of Israel. Given by Mr. Irwin Kavy, November 13, 2024, 7:00 pm at the Synagogue.
Croton's Stone Houses. Presentation Marc Cheshire, Croton Village Historian, December 7, 2024, 1-4pm, Vescio Community Center, Briarcliff Manor. Look for a formal announcement.
History of Briarcliff Manor. Presentation given by Howard Dale, BMSHS, December 9 at 2:00, at The Club for Club residents only.
We are presently considering our schedule of presentations for 2025. If there are any topics that you would particularly like to see us cover, please let us know. Please drop by, give us a call at 914.941.4393, or send us an email at mail@briarcliffhistory.org with your ideas/suggestions. We’ll do our best to incorporate them into our schedule.
=== Past Events ===
Briarcliff History in the News
PBS Documentary Celebrates the Story of Former Briarcliff Resident Carrie Chapman Catt
Carrie Chapman Catt: Warrior for Women tells the story of Carrie Chapman Catt and her role in the fight for women’s suffrage. She devoted most of her life to the expansion of women’s rights and is recognized as one of the key leaders of the American women’s suffrage movement. Using her political and organizational skills, she was a major force behind the ratification of the nineteenth amendment to the U. S. Constitution 100 years ago on August 18, 1920.
The documentary was produced by PBS Iowa and you can view it by clicking on the play button to the left.
For nine years Catt lived in Briarcliff Manor on a 16-acre property that she named Juniper Ledge. During that time she not only celebrated the passage of the nineteenth amendment but also helped organize the League of Women Voters and founded the National Committee on the Cause and Cure of War. To find out more about Carrie Chapman Catt as well as other key figures in the suffragette movement who lived in this area, see our Notebook article on "Local Suffragetes" by clicking on this link.
Writer David Propper reviews the role and activities of the Historical Society over the past 45 years through interviews with Board members and a discussion with Executive Director Karen Smith. Article also highlights some of the historic moments in village history and points to the goal of the Society to achieve permanent charter status from the State of New York.