Joey Cavaccini

Joseph Daniel Cavaccini (born September 21, 1999) is a community advocate and historian in the Town of Wappinger in the State of New York.
Born and raised in Southern Dutchess County, starting at age 13 in 2013 was appointed Junior Town Historian for the Town of Wappinger.
He started his public career as a docent at the Van Wyck Homestead in Fishkill, New York and proceeded to get involved in other historical groups in Dutchess County at an early age.
In 2014, he was appointed by the Board of Directors of the Sports Museum of Dutchess County to fill the vacancy of Museum Curator.
With this appointment Cavaccini started the largest renovation in the museum's history and spearheaded the Legends of Dutchess exhibition.
He is also the founder and Executive Director of the Friends of Carnwath Farms Historic Site & Park Incorporated, a community based organization working with the Town of Wappinger to promote and preserve the town owned Carnwath Farms park.
Cavaccini also serves a member of the Board of Trustees for the Wappinger Historical Society.
He is also involved in events and programming for the Town of Wappinger through his role on the Town Recreation Committee which he was appointed to.
Fishkill Town Historian
On January 4, 2017, Cavaccini was appointed to the position of Deputy Town Historian to the Fishkill Town Historian Willa Skinner.
In June 2017, Skinner retired after serving 53 years in that capacity.
Cavaccini, as Deputy Historian, was appointed to serve as acting Historian for the remainder of 2017.
In 2018, Cavaccini was officially appointed Fishkill Town Historian.
On October 3, 2017, Cavaccini was elected to his first elected office representing the Grinnell Public Library District, which includes the Village of Wappingers Falls and Town of Wappinger.
Cavaccini was elected to a one-year term, coming in second behind candidate Daniel Lowney, who won the three-year seat.
Cavaccini continues to serve the Town of Wappinger as the Town Historian and Aide to the Supervisor and the Town Board.
On March 9, 2019, Cavaccini officially announced his candidacy for the Dutchess County Legislature's 15th District for the November 5, 2019 election.
Historic Swartwoutville campaign
Starting in 2009, Cavaccini, age nine, started a fundraising campaign to raise awareness of the Forgotten Wappinger Hamlet of Swartwoutville, Wappinger, New York.
This hamlet was a strategic meeting place during the American Revolution, where Washington, Lafayette, Von Stueben and others met.
This campaign would mark the entrances of the hamlet with signs.
He received the official endorsement of the Town of Wappinger Town Board on April 12, 2012.
The hamlet of Swartwouville and five other Town of Wappinger unincorporated hamlets were officially recognized through Cavaccini's efforts in January 2019 through a community signage campaign led by Supervisor Richard Thurston and Cavaccini.
Awards and honors
*2016 - Recipient of the Franklin Delano Roosevelt Award, presented by the Dutchess County Historical Society
*2018 - Nominated and included in Marist College's For The Record exhibition, highlighting student's interesting stories at the College.

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