Capital Region Scrapbook: Schenectady celebrates heritage, eyes future during Sesquicentennial

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Capital Region Scrapbook: Schenectady celebrates heritage, eyes future during Sesquicentennial

Monday, March 30, 2009

By Jeff Wilkin (Contact)
Gazette Reporter

Wilson W. Wyatt knew something about Schenectady’s past. He was thinking more toward the city’s future on Monday, March 29, 1948. Wyatt, the former federal housing expediter and mayor of Louisville, Ky., served as main speaker during Schenectady’s Sesquicentennial celebration, which saluted the city's Dutch heritage....

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