Saratoga County History Center Announces Public History Award Winners

BALLSTON SPA — James Richmond – founder and coordinator of the Saratoga County History Roundtable, and Carol Godette – a former educator and freelance writer, were announce as winners of the inaugural annual Saratoga County Public History Award.

The Saratoga County Public History Award seeks to raise awareness of the efforts of individuals and associations in the greater Capital District who devote endless hours and dollars to the preservation or dissemination of local, regional, and national histories. 

Richmond is the founder and coordinator of the Saratoga County History Roundtable, a group dedicated to investigating and discussing local history. 

Godette is a former educator and freelance writer. Her dozens of essays in Simply Saratoga Magazine have ranged in topic from architecture to fashion to popular personalities. 

The recipients were selected by a committee that included: Ronald Schorpp, social studies department chair at Saratoga Springs High School; Lisa Kissinger, social studies academic administrator for Shenendehowa CSD; Heather Mazurowski, social studies department chair at Ballston Spa High School; Heidi Hill, Historic Site Manager at the Schuyler Mansion State Historic Site; Samantha Bosshart, Executive Director of the Saratoga Springs Preservation Foundation; and Saratoga County History Center Trustee Isobel Connell, and Center Chairperson Michael Landis. 

An award ceremony will be held at Brookside Museum at 7 p.m. on Friday, Jan. 21 and will be shown via a live Zoom and Facebook broadcast.