06.25.2015 Around the Island The story of a French connection and a tall ship “Nous voila, Lafayette!” — Lafayette, we are here!” That stirring declaration was delivered in Paris at the tomb of the Marquis de Lafayette on July 4, 1917 at...
02.22.2015 Around the Island Stone after stone: Who’s who in cemetery This is the first column of an occasional series, courtesy of the Shelter Island Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution, updating Islanders on who’s who in the...
11.02.2014 Columns Suffolk Close up: Patriot’s home Long Island is known for, among other things, beautiful beaches, the site of the first “mass-produced” suburb in the U.S, the resort areas of the East End, notably the...
07.01.2014 Around the Island Historian and volunteers discover the past in letters I’m holding a letter in my hands that is older than the Declaration of Independence.