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Nassau County Historical Society

Tuskegee Airmen in World War II

February 2, 2023 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

red tail fighterThe Tuskegee Airmen were African-American units who achieved a distinguished record in World War II. Nearly a thousand fighter and bomber pilots, as well as 15,000 crew and support personnel served in the war with the U.S. Army Air Force when the military was racially segregated.

The first black military airmen, the Tuskegee Airmen were dedicated, determined young men who accepted the challenge during a time when many people thought that Blacks were inferior. Named for the Army Air Field where they trained in Alabama, the airfield is now Tuskegee Airmen National Historic Site. [Read more…] about Tuskegee Airmen in World War II

Filed Under: Events, History, New York City Tagged With: Nassau County Historical Society

The Hidden History of Nassau County, Long Island

December 1, 2022 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

Nassau County Through TimeNassau County on Long Island was born at an auspicious and exciting time on the cusp of a new century and a major transition. It went from a series of quiet farming communities to a hub for industry, playground for the rich, a training ground for soldiers heading to war, and a cradle for the nascent aviation industry.

[Read more…] about The Hidden History of Nassau County, Long Island

Filed Under: Events, History, New York City Tagged With: Nassau County Historical Society

Hempstead Plains: Natural & Human History

September 11, 2022 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

The Natural and Human History of the Hempstead PlainsThe Hempstead Plains, the only natural tall grass prairie east of the Appalachian Mountains, once covered approximately 40,000 acres in the center of Nassau County on Long Island.

A unique ecological habitat, the Plains were home to a diverse community of plants and animals. Today, a remnant of the Plains continues to exist as a nature preserve, a unique gem in a heavily developed area. [Read more…] about Hempstead Plains: Natural & Human History

Filed Under: Events, History, New York City Tagged With: Hempstead Plains, Nassau County Historical Society

Long Island’s Gold Coast & The First World War

June 3, 2022 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

Long Island’s Gold Coast Warriors and the First World WarRichard F. Welch book Long Island’s Gold Coast Elite and The Great War (History Press, 2021) looks at how Long Island’s leading North Shore families supported the Allies at the outbreak of war in Europe in 1914. Welch considers the Morgan bankers, movie producers, society glitterati, government officials, politically connected lawyers, and a former U.S. president who arranged massive loans and supplies for the Allies, while agitating for militarization and intervention.

This undercut the Wilson Administration’s official policy of neutrality and led the United States on a course, which led us inexorably to war with Germany in 1917. [Read more…] about Long Island’s Gold Coast & The First World War

Filed Under: Books, Events, History, New York City Tagged With: Jericho, Long Island, Military History, Nassau County, Nassau County Historical Society, Political History, World War One

The Golden Age of Aviation on Long Island

March 29, 2022 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

Aerial View Roosevelt Field on Long IslandThe years between the end of the First World War and the beginning of the Second are often referred to as the “Golden Age” of aviation history.

On Long Island, aircraft manufacturing boomed and pioneering pilots made countless flights to and from the area’s many airfields, mostly located on the Hempstead Plains in Nassau County.  In fact, Charles Lindbergh’s famed first solo transatlantic flight departed from Roosevelt Field in May 1927.  So important was Long Island to this period of flying history, it quickly became known as the “Cradle of Aviation.” [Read more…] about The Golden Age of Aviation on Long Island

Filed Under: Events, History, New York City Tagged With: Nassau County Historical Society

Louis “Satchmo” Armstrong (Virtual Program)

January 20, 2022 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

Louis Daniel Armstrong courtesy Library of CongressLouis Armstrong (1901-1971) was one of the most famous and influential musicians of all time, changing the course of music with his innovations as a trumpeter and vocalist. Emblematic of the Jazz Age and the Harlem Renaissance of the 1920s.

Armstrong’s unique sound was wildly popular and widely sought-after. The entertainer toured all over the world throughout the course of his illustrious career, but his, home for the last 28 years of his life was in Corona, Queens.

[Read more…] about Louis “Satchmo” Armstrong (Virtual Program)

Filed Under: Events, History, New York City Tagged With: Louis Armstrong House Museum, Nassau County Historical Society

Harlem Hellfighters: Bigotry, Bravery and Jazz (Virtual Talk)

October 12, 2021 by Editorial Staff 2 Comments

Harlem Hellfighters fighting with the French in the trenchesA century ago the predominately African American U.S. Army 369th Infantry Regiment, fought two wars. Because of the segregation of the U.S. Armed Forces in the First World War, the 369th fought in France, not with our American troops, but with the French army. At least forty men from Sea Cliff, Locust Valley, Oyster Bay, and Glen Cove on Long island served in that unit in the First World War.

Dubbed by the Germans the “Harlem Hellfighters” because of their courage and tenacity in battle, the men of the 369th distinguished themselves on the battlefield. However, when they returned home, they again confronted a battleground in the quest for equal rights. [Read more…] about Harlem Hellfighters: Bigotry, Bravery and Jazz (Virtual Talk)

Filed Under: Events, History, New York City Tagged With: Nassau County Historical Society

Uncovering Long Island’s Native Past Through Archaeology

September 18, 2021 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

Allison McGovern ArchaeologyThe Nassau County Historical Society will host “Long Island Dirt: Recovering our Buried Past through Historical Archaeologies,” a talk on the archaeology of the two Native American Indian reservations on Long Island — the Shinnecock Reservation in Southampton and the Unkechaug’s Poospatuck Reservation in Mastic, set for Sunday, September 19th. [Read more…] about Uncovering Long Island’s Native Past Through Archaeology

Filed Under: Events, History, New York City Tagged With: Long Island, Nassau County, Nassau County Historical Society, Poospatuck Reservation, Shinnecock Reservation

Long Island Beaches History Presentation

June 3, 2021 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

long island beachesBook purchases made through this link support New York Almanack’s mission to report new publications relevant to New York State.

With more than two hundred miles of shore land, the Long Island has many diverse beaches. For centuries, the island’s beaches have provided sustenance, relaxation, and inspiration. Long Island’s history is intertwined with its beaches including its sandy Atlantic Ocean surf beaches, calm bayfront beaches, and rugged North Shore Long Island Sound beaches. [Read more…] about Long Island Beaches History Presentation

Filed Under: Books, Events, History, New York City Tagged With: Books, Nassau County Historical Society

Long Island’s Lido Club Hotel Virtual Talk

April 5, 2021 by Editorial Staff 1 Comment

Lido HotelThe Lido Club Hotel officially opened in June 1928 as a swanky oceanfront resort adjacent to the world-class Lido Golf Course at Lido Beach, Long Island.

Built by Senator William H. Reynolds, who previously bought and developed the nearby City of Long Beach, the Lido Club Hotel featured a striking architectural design with twin cupolas and became a playground for socialites, industrialists, and politicians. In 1942, the US Navy requisitioned the hotel as a naval training and separation center. After the war, the Lido Club Hotel was leased to the newly formed United Nations and housed over 500 of its personnel.

[Read more…] about Long Island’s Lido Club Hotel Virtual Talk

Filed Under: Events, History, New York City Tagged With: Nassau County Historical Society

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