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A capacity crowd filled Reisinger
Auditorium at Sarah Lawrence
College on March 4th to hear
Cokie Roberts, our 13th annual Brendan
Gill Lecturer. Marilynn Hill, who serves on
the board of the National Archives
Foundation with Ms. Roberts, introduced
her friend as a person who “cares
deeply about history and has been witness to and chronicler of much of U.S. history”
during her more than 40 years in broadcasting.
Roberts, a political commentator for ABC News and a Senior News Analyst for
National Public Radio, is the author of a number of bestsellers: We Are Our Mothers’
Daughters, Founding Mothers, and Ladies of Liberty. Along with her husband Steve,
Roberts also published From This Day Forward, an account of their marriage as well
as other marriages in American history. Ms. Roberts was cited by the American
Women in Radio and Television as one of the 50 greatest women in the history of
broadcasting. In 2008 theLibrary of Congress named
her a “Living Legend,” one of
the very few Americans to
have attained that honor.
Roberts' talk focused on the
role of women in history, her
favorite topic and the
subject of her three books.
She grew up witnessing
history. Her parents were
deeply involved in
Democratic politics, in
Louisiana and nationally. Her
father, Hale Boggs, was U.S.
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Marilynn Hill, lifetime co-chair of the Bronxville HistoricalConservancy, guest speaker Cokie Roberts, and Jayne Warman,current Conservancy co-chair.Continued on page 3
ByLiz Folberth
P h o t o c r e d i t s : K a t e M a r t i n
Cokie Roberts,13th Annual Brendan Gill Lecturer
All Aboard!Five new talented people
add strength and experienceto the Conservancy Board.
Reason To Be MerryConservancy helps
Bronxville Christmas Pageantraise $25,000.
Philadelphia StoryField trip to historic Bryn Athyn
planned for May 7, 2011.Members Only.
Home Sweet HomeSave The Date
November 6, 2011House Tour and
Conservancy Annual Meeting.
A Gift Of TimeThe Masterton sundial
has a new home.
New Art AcquisitionConservancy art collectionadds painting of Bronxvillescene by Bronxville artist.
Memorial DayRemembering our veterans
at theBronxville Veterans Memorial
and theHero Next Door
Exhibits.
Celebrating our pastwith antique car lineup
in Memorial Day Parade.
Having fun with moreCues & Clues,
a scavenger hunt for kids, parents and grandparentsat the Bronxville Public Library.
Plus more
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The Chronicle© Spring 2011
Editors: Liz Folberth, Bob ScottDesigner: Ken GudaitisContributing Editors:
Nancy Hand, Marilynn Hill,Sarah Underhill, Dale Walker, Jayne Warman
Contributing Photographers:Kate Martin, Jayne Warman
Submissions welcome!
The Bronxville Historical Conservancy was
founded in 1998 to further the understanding and
appreciation of the history and current life of the
Village of Bronxville, New York.
The Conservancy furthers its mission through the
presentation of programs, publications, lectures and
special events that foster an awareness of the village’s
architectural, artistic and cultural heritage and lends
its support for projects designed to strengthen
and preserve those legacies.
P. O. Box 989Bronxville, NY 10708
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An electric trolley car travels
past Concordia College on White
Plains Road in the late 1920s.
This image, recently purchased
by the Bronxville Local History
Room through an online auction,
is the only known photograph of
a streetcar inside the Village of
Bronxville. The White Plains
Road trolley line carried throngs
of passengers between Mount
Vernon and Tuckahoe from 1901
to January 1932. Another
heavily used streetcar line from
Mount Vernon ran through the
Village on Midland Avenue from
1901 to August 1925. These two
routes were part of a countywide
mesh of trolley track that, at its
peak before World War I, linked
Yonkers, Mount Vernon, New Rochelle and Pelham with Tarrytown,
Elmsford, White Plains, Mamaroneck and places in between—
Scarsdale, Tuckahoe, Larchmont and Bronxville. The advent of
motorized bus service and the widespread use of private automobiles
spelled the end of trolleys and their unsightly overhead electric lines
and dangerous roadbed tracks.
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