Michael Barrett who is the Executive Director of the Hudson Mohawk Industrial Gateway, and the Burden Iron Works Museum in Troy will present a program on Oakwood Cemetery which has been the resting place for many of Troy’s most famous (and infamous) residents.  While it did not officially open until 1850, a number of cemetery consolidations and reburials push the historical record of deaths back to the very earliest years of the birth of the city.  This illustrated program features the stories of many of the founding families, the prominent educators, industrialists and business people, military heroes and other colorful characters who helped make Troy the great city that she is.