No better time than Women”™s History Month to celebrate local author Colette C. Fulton as she received the 2023 Martha Washington Woman of History Award given annually by Washington”™s Headquarters State Historic Site to a woman who has made a contribution to the history of the Hudson Valley through education, promotion or preservation. The honor was inspired by Martha Washington, an outstanding woman in history who resided in the Hudson Valley with her husband, General George Washington, during the last days of the Revolutionary War. The awards presentation took place at Washington”™s Headquarters Museum, the first historic site to be opened to the public in America.
She founded the Cornwall Historical society in 1999 and continues to archive at the Cornwall Public Library. Fulton was the village historian for 37 years.
