Mike Virgintino

About Mike Virgintino

Initially a broadcast journalist, Mike Virgintino currently is a marketing communications executive who has directed corporate, nonprofit and product branding initiatives that rely on public relations, public affairs, corporate social responsibility, community relations and related strategies. Mike also is an historian who writes about diverse topics and provides communication services for historical sites and organizations. He is the author of Freedomland U.S.A.: The Definitive History. Published by Theme Park Press, the book is available on Amazon and at many other online retailers.

Revolutionary War Farmhouse Will Be Preserved

March 11, 2020 by Mike Virgintino 3 Comments

During the American Revolution (from July 6 until August 18, 1781), the Odell House in the present Westchester County hamlet of Hartsdale served as the headquarters of Marshal Jean-Baptiste Donatien d e Vimeur (comte de Rochambeau).

Nearby fields and hills in the current Town of Greenburgh accommodated approximately 6,000 soldiers in the French expeditionary forces under his command. [Read more…] about Revolutionary War Farmhouse Will Be Preserved

1960s Bronx Theme Park Freedomland U.S.A. Celebrated History

January 5, 2020 by Mike Virgintino 1 Comment

Imagine growing up during the early 1960s and traveling to a New York City destination for an all-day, fun-filled history lesson. By car, bus, or train, all roads led to the northeastern section of The Bronx.

Freedomland U.S.A. was an American history theme park where guests experienced Old Chicago as it burned to the ground, dodged cannon fire during a wagon ride through a Civil War battlefield and explored the Northwest Passage, as did Lewis and Clark, on a bull boat. Hundreds of thousands of kids entered this time machine into America’s past with their mothers and fathers, cousins and friends, aunts and uncles, and with their grandmothers and grandfathers. [Read more…] about 1960s Bronx Theme Park Freedomland U.S.A. Celebrated History