03.27.2024 News The American Revolution at sea: Shelter Island letter surfaces recounting battles It was a letter, like so many in the 18th century, of Islanders writing back home to a relative, expressing interest in family members, including, “Since I left ye...
05.17.2013 Columns Inside Out: Lockdown? Not for me on Patriot’s Day The ironies cascaded through my mind as I headed north to Lexington and Concord on April 19, the anniversary of the skirmishes in 1775 when “embattled farmers stood and...