Denise VanBuren to receive Martha Washington Woman of History Award

Posted by Sharyn Flanagan for Hudson Valley Almanac Weekly
When Denise Doring VanBuren speaks about how a restored Tower of Victory at Washington’s Headquarters could bring the same kind of tourism to the Newburgh area that the Walkway over the Hudson has brought to Poughkeepsie, it’s easy to get caught up in her vision. “When the Centennial of the American Revolution came around, Congress decided to erect something to celebrate a century of peace,” she explains. “And did they put it in Yorktown? Do they put it in Saratoga? No; this amazing building, with a beautiful statue of Washington in the center, was built in Newburgh. Read the full article