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5 Boros to Freedom Educates On NY Slavery

June 12, 2019 by Alan J. Singer 2 Comments

Students from MELS High School explain the history of the Wall Street Slave MarketTwenty-five teenagers from United Community Centers youth groups in East New York, Brooklyn were amazed to learn that not only was there slavery in Brooklyn during the Revolutionary era, but that the New Lots African burial ground was now covered over by a park across the street from their community center, a park named after the Schenk slave holding family.

Inconvenient history had been erased, but it might be rewritten thanks to local community groups and the efforts of City Councilwoman Inez Barron and New York State Assemblyman Charles Barron. Community residents are discussing rebuilding the New Lots Library on part of the site and adding a museum honoring enslaved African people who helped build Kings County and then were written out of history. [Read more…] about 5 Boros to Freedom Educates On NY Slavery

Filed Under: Events, History, New York City Tagged With: Black History, Brooklyn, Manhattan, New York City, Staten Island

Preservation Long Island Historic Houses Now Open

June 3, 2019 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

preservation long islandPreservation Long Island’s three historic house museums have opened for the 2019 season. Preservation Long Island maintains and interprets historic sites and collections that embody various aspects of Long Island’s history. [Read more…] about Preservation Long Island Historic Houses Now Open

Filed Under: Events, History, New York City Tagged With: Long Island, Preservation Long Island

The Beach Ball: Southampton History Museum’s Summer Gala

May 13, 2019 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

Thomas Haslsey Homestead The Beach Ball! Southampton History Museum’s Summer Gala has been set for Saturday, July 6th from 6 to 8 pm, at the Thomas Halsey Homestead, 249 South Main St., Southampton.

Guests will first walk through Halsey House, said to be the oldest English-style wood frame house in New York State and Southampton’s oldest home.  This year’s theme comes courtesy of the Estate of Roy Lichtenstein. The late artist’s iconic 1961 painting, Girl with Ball, will serve as the inspiration for the invitation design and gala tent décor. [Read more…] about The Beach Ball: Southampton History Museum’s Summer Gala

Filed Under: Events, History, New York City Tagged With: Southampton, Southampton Historical Museum

10th Annual Southampton Historic House Tour

April 30, 2019 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

Windmill HouseThe 10th Annual Southampton House Tour, “Insider’s View,” has been set for Saturday, June 1st, at the Thomas Halsey Homestead, 249 South Main Street, and throughout the Village of Southampton.

Tour participants will experience houses that illustrate Southampton’s unique architectural history from colonial days to present. Ticket holders also have the opportunity to tour the 1648 Thomas Halsey Homestead, Saint Andrew’s Dune Church and a historic library building.

[Read more…] about 10th Annual Southampton Historic House Tour

Filed Under: Events, History, New York City Tagged With: Architecture, Historic Preservation, Long Island, Southampton

Rethinking the NYC Street Grid Event at CUNY

April 30, 2019 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

gotham centerThe Gotham Center for New York City History has announced Rethinking the Grid, a program looking at the NYC street grid, has been set for Monday, May 6th, at 6:30 pm, in the The Graduate Center of CUNY, Skylight Room (9th Floor).

Although the Manhattan grid plan was conceived over two centuries ago, its impacts on the city and the mystery surrounding its creation continue to foster controversy and debate. Four scholars will challenge some of the widely-held myths and misconceptions about it. [Read more…] about Rethinking the NYC Street Grid Event at CUNY

Filed Under: Events, History, New York City Tagged With: CUNY, Manhattan, New York City, Urban History

NYC Mayor William Havemayer: Sugar, Slavery and the Long Island Railroad

April 29, 2019 by Alan J. Singer 19 Comments

long island rail road mapThis year is the 185th anniversary of the founding of the Long Island Railroad. Despite service delays and fare increases it remains the spine of Long Island and the center of its transportation network. The LIRR serves over 300,000 passengers a week with about 90 million rides a year.

The origins of the LIRR, chartered by New York State in April 1834, have a little remembered dark side. Much of the railroads early funding came from profits from Caribbean sugar produced by enslaved African labor. The key link between the LIRR, sugar and slavery was William F. Havemeyer. [Read more…] about NYC Mayor William Havemayer: Sugar, Slavery and the Long Island Railroad

Filed Under: History, New York City Tagged With: Culinary History, Industrial History, Labor History, Long Island, Long Island Railroad, Manhattan, New York City, Political History, railroads, Slavery, Transportation History, William Havemeyer

Which NYS Battle Was Most Significant For The State?

April 11, 2019 by Editorial Staff 18 Comments

Herkimer at the Battle of OriskanyOver at the New York History Blog Facebook Page we recently asked the following question:

Which battle in New York State’s history had the most significant impact on the state?

The answers were surprisingly varied and included answers from the 1643-45 Kieft’s War (the war between New Netherland settlers and the Native inhabitants of Hudson River Valley also known as the Wappinger War) to the Anti-Rent War of 1839–1845.

We’ve reviewed the suggestions, and came up with a short list of five battles* which stand out as the most important to us (with short descriptions from Wikipedia) – what do you think? [Read more…] about Which NYS Battle Was Most Significant For The State?

Filed Under: History, New York City Tagged With: American Revolution, AmRev, Anti-Rent War, Battle of Oriskany, Battle of Saratoga, Battle of Valcour Bay, Lake Champlain, Manhattan, Maritime History, Military History, Navy, New Netherland, Plattsburgh

Long Island’s 2019 Endangered Historic Places List

April 8, 2019 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

Avery Barn in 2017Preservation Long Island has announced their 2019 Endangered Historic Places List, consisting of four sites that reflect Long Island’s historic resources and cultural heritage.

Every year important historic places across Long Island are threatened by a variety of adverse conditions, from outright demolition to a lack of appreciation for their historic value, or the inability to develop sustainable long-term plans for preservation and stewardship.

In 2010, Preservation Long Island (formerly the Society for the Preservation of Long Island Antiquities), established the Endangered Historic Places Program (EHPP) with the goal of raising region-wide support for historic places facing precarious circumstances. [Read more…] about Long Island’s 2019 Endangered Historic Places List

Filed Under: History, New York City Tagged With: Historic Preservation, Long Island, Preservation Long Island

New Netherland Institute Announces 2019 Lecture Series

April 8, 2019 by Editorial Staff 1 Comment

new amsterdam paintingFrom April to June of this year, the New Netherland Institute will present the 2019 Peter Gansevoort Ten Eyck Lecture Series, which will comprise 10 lectures on various aspects of New Netherland, each at a different venue from New York City to the Capital Region.

The first in the series will be a talk by Russell Shorto at the Brooklyn Historical Society, 128 Pierrepont Street, Brooklyn, on April 16. [Read more…] about New Netherland Institute Announces 2019 Lecture Series

Filed Under: Events, History, New York City Tagged With: Brooklyn, Brooklyn Historical Society, Hudson River, New Netherland, New Netherland Institute

Local Food & History Weekend At Southampton History Museum

March 4, 2019 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

Greens by Amagansett Food InstituteThe Southampton History Museum has announced THAWfest, a local food and history weekend, set or Saturday and Sunday, March 23-24, 2019.

As part of THAWfest, Amagansett Food Institute and the Southampton History Museum will co-host a hands-on workshop with Chef Jack Formica, who will focus on foods regionally available, with a particular emphasis on living/raw foods. [Read more…] about Local Food & History Weekend At Southampton History Museum

Filed Under: Events, History, New York City Tagged With: Agricultural History, Culinary History, Food, local food, Southampton Historical Museum

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