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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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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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