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Niskayuna the first Shaker Community in America

Planning your next trip full of history, take a short ride down the Thruway to Watervliet. The Shaker Community at Watervliet, was the first Shaker...
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Shaker Community at Watervliet is on until December 17th.

  • Watervliet Shaker Community
  • November 10, 2011
October 29ththrough December 17th, marke the Craft Fair put on by the Shaker Heritage Society to raise funds to help preserve the historic Shaker...
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The Second Great Awakening in Albany, NY: Shakerism and Mormonism

  • Second Great Awakening
  • July 4, 2011
Throughout the 1800s, religious ferver roiled in Western and Central New York. Shakers, Mormons, Spiritualists, and others found solace in a land...
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Shaker celibacy adds a twist to Hancock Shaker Village legacy

Had it not been for the condition of celibacy – Shakers might have continued to thrive past their heyday in the mid 19th century.Aside from...
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