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Saratoga History Center Connects with “Sin City” Mob Museum

From movies to mobsters, a History Center Program explores the  Saratoga-Las Vegas relationship. Image provided. From movies to mobsters, a History Center Program explores the Saratoga-Las Vegas relationship. Image provided.

BALLSTON SPA — In partnership with the Las Vegas Mob Museum, the Saratoga County History Center hosts a program via Zoom in September exploring the connections between Saratoga and the “Sin City.”

Mob Museum Trustee and University of Nevada, Las Vegas Associate Professor of History Michael Green will participate in the History Center’s virtual speaker series “Experts Next Door,” at 7 p.m.  on Sept. 21.  Green discuss some of the famous and not-so-famous links between the two resort towns, after which he will take questions and comments from the audience.

The event, to be held on Zoom, is open to the public.  It is free, but donations are greatly appreciated.  To register, visit the website brooksidemuseum.networkforgood.com. 

The Saratoga County History Center is dedicated to preserving and sharing the diverse histories of Saratoga County.  In addition to Brookside Museum, the History Center offers a variety of innovative, exciting, and educational programming online. 

For more information, go to: www.brooksidemuseum.org.

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