The will host a baseball celebration to honor the minor league
players from the Hudson Valley who helped contribute to the
popularity of the national pastime of baseball in the years
following World War II. Many of the honorees served in the
military fighting in WWII or in the Korean War, which ended
their professional baseball careers when they got injured in war
or could not find a team when they returned home. The museum has
invited these 80 and 90-year-old men to share their stories and
experiences in professional baseball and to educate the public
about the sport along the Hudson River and Peekskill’s
contribution to the game in the 1940s. The event will be held at
the Peekskill Museum and other city establishments from Friday,
July 20 to Sunday, July 22. A press release from the museum
explains some of the background history: The Hudson River Valley
towns were playing baseball as early as the 1850’s and played
host to professional baseball as early as 1886 when the existing
Hudson River League became af