New York (State). Hudson-Fulton-Champlain Quadricentennial Commission.

In 2002 (Chapter 590), the Hudson-Fulton-Champlain Quadricentennial Act created a commission to plan and develop the 400th anniversary celebrations of the voyages of discovery made by Henry Hudson and Samuel de Champlain, as well as the 200th anniversary of Robert Fulton's steamship voyage along the Hudson River.

The Act declared: "This celebration should be statewide, involving all the people of the state, as well as reaching well beyond the borders of the state through imaginative and innovative programs, events, exhibits and new and expanded facilities and marketing to engage the people of the nation and from all parts of the world." Furthermore, it declared that the 400th anniversaries and the years preceding them offered great opportunities to inspire and educate - particularly the young people of the state; to increase recognition and appreciation of the Hudson River and Lake Champlain and the diverse communities that developed along the Hudson River and Lake Champlain over four centuries; and to develop a thriving natural and cultural tourism economy.

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