Interview with Sean Kelleher

Interview with Sean Kelleher

April 27, 2021

Skidmore Saratoga Memory Project

Miles Herman, Skidmore '23

Saratoga County (N.Y.) -- History

This is an interview with Sean Kelleher, the historian for the town of Saratoga, New York, which includes the villages of Schuylerville and Victory. The interview began with Mr. Kelleher discussing how he became the town historian, as well as his decades-long involvement in Revolutionary War reenactments. He then discussed accession of two collections for the Saratoga Historian's Office, and memorable ways history is taught in for Saratoga. He discussed his research and blog entry about Eden London, an enslaved Black man who served in the 10th Massachusetts Regiment and fought at the Battle of Bunker Hill. He raised interesting issues on the possible conversion of Victory Mills into an apartment complex, exhibiting the manufacturing history of the community and hope for a regional visitor’s center. He discussed the importance of water as a transportation and power sources for County history.

Miles Herman

Sean Kelleher

Zoom (Saratoga County)

mp4

28/4/2021