The 40th of the Albany Bicentennial tablets, placed in 1886 in honor of the city's 1868 charter, commemorated Franklin Street, formerly Frelinghuysen. Franklin has lost some of its continuity, Rev. Frelinghuysen has been all but forgotten, and although the building it was placed on still stands, the bicentennial marker is gone.

https://hoxsie.org/2023/07/20/albany-bicentennial-tablet-no-40-franklin-street/

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The latest in my series on the city of Albany, NY's bicentennial markers, placed in 1886. This one refers to three events in Academy Park – one that probably never happened, one that inaugurated an observatory that still hadn't been built, and one that raised significant money for Civil War medical aid.

Full story at https://hoxsie.org/2023/02/11/albany-bicentennial-tablet-no-31-academy-park/

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