Two hundred years later, in 1982, President Ronald Reagan officially proclaimed 19 April Dutch-American Friendship Day. Two centuries of diplomatic relations between the two countries constituted “the United States’ longest unbroken, peaceful relationship with any foreign country.” Every year the American Embassy in The Hague, the Dutch Embassy in Washington, …
“The Patron Saint of New York” Jaap Jacobs The New Amsterdam History Center has entered into a partnership with the National Archives in The Hague, NL, to publish a blog called Dutch American Stories. Twelve of the stories are written by historian Jaap Jacobs and twelve by other experts in …
At the New Netherland Institute Annual Conference By the time this newsletter reaches you, the New Netherland Institute Annual Conference will have taken place. Held at the New-York Historical Society on October 1, this year’s conference focused on “Alida Livingston’s World: Women in New Netherland and Early New York.” It …
The Dutch artist who inspired Vermeer has a lot to teach Americans living in lockdown today
On December 28, 1662, a woman named Mayken van Angola pursued freedom in New Amsterdam. She and two other women petitioned the colonial government for their freedom. It was granted with the caveat that…
American naturalist Susan Fenimore Cooper (1813-1894) offers a unique record of daily walks in the area of her beloved Cooperstown, founded in 1786 by her grandfather William Cooper.
