Armstrong Memorial Research Foundation

03/19/2025

The Yonkers Historical Society
invites you to its Annual Meeting on
Sunday, March 30th, 2025 at 1:00pm
in the Pincus Auditorium of the Grinton I. Will Library,
1500 Central Park Avenue, Yonkers.



This year’s featured program is about Yonkers resident and inventor
Edwin H. Armstrong
who developed the technology for today’s FM Radio. Our guest speaker is
Mr. Al Klase, Telecommunications Historian of The Radio Technology Museum at InfoAge.
This informative presentation will highlight the triumphs and tribulations of the brilliant inventor that Armstrong was. Learn how his developments led to technology that is used in our modern-day cell phones.

This event is open to YHS membership as well as all guests, students, and everyone interested in this fascinating story of American ingenuity.

[email protected]
(914) 961-8940

10/16/2023

A fascinating audio recording of John Bose, a contemporary of and assistant to the Major, is now available at https://www.armstrongmemorialfoundation.org/news/john-bose-interview.

Mary Ellen Tuthill recorded her interview with Bose in 1983 and recently resurrected the audio and also added a text transcript.

"Well, of course, I think, aside from Edison, he's probably one of America's greatest inventors."

Post date: October 16, 2023