November 2025 Speaker

A Voyage of Discovery

Caroline is the current Ossining Town Historian. An English professor and professional researcher, last summer she crewed on an old-fashioned sailing ship to follow part of the South Pacific leg of the United States Exploring Expedition of 1838-1842. In 2022, she co-authored Croton Point Park: Westchester's Jewel on the Hudson, and in February 2026, her new book Ossining: A Brief History will be released.

Caroline will  be sharing highlights from her 2024 trip through the South Pacific, where she crewed on a tall ship and visited Tahiti, Samoa and Fiji (and managed a few dives along the way.) She’s also the Town Historian of Ossining, and when she discovered that local artist Alfred Agate had been an illustrator on the U.S. Exploring Expedition of 1838 – 1842 — America’s largest scientific expedition you’ve never heard of – she set out to follow as much of his path as she could.

So come hear a story that includes history, 21st century encounters with Polynesian culture and even some spectacular diving.