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Someone Lived Here: Sailors’ Snug Harbor, Staten Island

August 18, 2019 by Kendra Gaylord Leave a Comment

Sailors Snug HarborThis episode of the podcast Someone Lived Here explores Sailors’ Snug Harbor on Staten Island, for more than a century a charity operated retirement home for sailors.

It was established from the estate of Robert Richard Randall, a noted sea captain, on 160 acres on Staten Island. About 1,000 seafarers lived here at its peak.  [Read more…] about Someone Lived Here: Sailors’ Snug Harbor, Staten Island

Filed Under: History Tagged With: Architecture, Podcasts, Staten Island

Great Staten Island Lighthouse History Boat Tour

August 13, 2019 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

Robbins Reef LighthouseThe National Lighthouse Museum’s Great Staten Island Lighthouse Boat Tour has been set for Sunday, September 15th, from 11 am to 2 pm. The tour will encircle Staten Island, looking at critical points of maritime interest and the historically rich Shooters, Prall, Hoffman and Swineburn Islands. [Read more…] about Great Staten Island Lighthouse History Boat Tour

Filed Under: Events, History Tagged With: lighthouse, Maritime History, National Lighthouse Museum, Staten Island

Lighthouse Weekend at National Lighthouse Museum, Staten Island

July 21, 2019 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

national lighthouse museumThe National Lighthouse Museum in Staten Island has announced their yearly Lighthouse Week is set to begin on August 2nd, with the 9th Annual Light Keepers’ Gala.

Before the United States was a nation, individual colonies and municipalities constructed lighthouses on their shores to guide mariners into harbors. But since operation of these lighthouses was not governed by a centralized body, the lights lacked uniformity in their operation, impacting the safety of the mariners they were trying to protect.

[Read more…] about Lighthouse Weekend at National Lighthouse Museum, Staten Island

Filed Under: Events, History Tagged With: lighthouse, National Lighthouse Museum, Staten Island

New Podcast Tells Stories of New York’s Historic Houses

June 23, 2019 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

Austen House Porch and Balcony by Alice AustenSomeone Lived Here is a non-fiction podcast that tells the stories of New York’s most interesting people, by touring through their homes. Host Kendra Gaylord walks listeners through homes, lighthouses, and mansions while telling of the complicated lives of the women and men who lived there. [Read more…] about New Podcast Tells Stories of New York’s Historic Houses

Filed Under: History Tagged With: Architecture, Podcasts, Staten Island

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

Unique Staten Island Lighthouse Boat Tour Planned

May 22, 2019 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

Robbins Reef LighthouseThe National Lighthouse Museum has announced “The Great Staten Island Father’s Day Lighthouse Boat Tour,” set for Sunday, June 16, from 11 am to 2 pm.

Attendees will start at Pier 1 adjacent to the National Lighthouse Museum, 200 The Promenade at Lighthouse Point, St. George, Staten Island, and journey up the Kill Van Kull and the Arthur Kill waterways, over to Raritan Bay and Princes’s Bay Staten Island’s southern shore. [Read more…] about Unique Staten Island Lighthouse Boat Tour Planned

Filed Under: Events, History Tagged With: lighthouse, Maritime History, National Lighthouse Museum, Staten Island

Old Port of New York Lighthouses, Navigation Aids Lecture

March 17, 2019 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

The Bergen Point Lighthouse in New JerseyThe National Lighthouse Museum on Staten Island, NY is continuing its educational lecture series with “The Lost Lighthouses of Staten Island” on Thursday, April 4, 2019, from 6:30 to 8:30 pm at the Museum.

Historian, librarian and sailor Andrew Wilson will lead an armchair cruise around the harbor visiting the vanished lighthouses and aids to navigation that made the old port of New York the greatest in the World. [Read more…] about Old Port of New York Lighthouses, Navigation Aids Lecture

Filed Under: Events, History Tagged With: Maritime History, National Lighthouse Museum, New York Harbor, Staten Island

‘The Soldier That Wagged Her Tail’ Presentation On Staten Island

December 20, 2018 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

The Soldier That Wagged Her TailEmmy Award winner Dolores N. Morris is set to speak at the National Lighthouse Museum on Staten Island about her book, The Soldier That Wagged Her Tail – A Black Veteran’s Story of WWII, which chronicles her father William A. Morris Jr.’s wartime experiences with his dog, Trixie, by his side. The event takes place on Sunday, January 20, 2019 from 3 to 5 pm. [Read more…] about ‘The Soldier That Wagged Her Tail’ Presentation On Staten Island

Filed Under: Books, Events, History Tagged With: Books, Military History, National Lighthouse Museum, Staten Island, World War Two

Staten Island Ferry History Lecture in NYC

October 23, 2018 by Editorial Staff 1 Comment

Staten Island Ferry provided by National Lighthouse MuseumHistorian Patricia Salmon is set to lead a discussion on the history of Staten Island ferries, on November 8th, 2018 from 6:30 to 8:30 pm, at the National Lighthouse Museum, 200 The Promenade at Lighthouse Point, Staten Island.

Ferries have been running from Staten Island for more than 350 years. The ferry run we know today, ferryboats and classes, the Saint George and Whitehall terminals, ferry calamities, and those individuals who have molded the story of the Staten Island Ferry over the years will be featured. [Read more…] about Staten Island Ferry History Lecture in NYC

Filed Under: Events, History Tagged With: National Lighthouse Museum, New York City, Staten Island

‘Mr. Ocean Liner’ At National Lighthouse Museum Lecture Series

March 11, 2018 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

national lighthouse museumThe National Lighthouse Museum Lecture Series is set to continue on Thursday, March 15th from 6 to 8 pm with a lecture by Bill Miller at Building 11, 200 The Promenade @ Lighthouse Point, St. George, Staten Island (adjacent to the ferry) .

Called “Mr. Ocean Liner,” Bill Miller is an international authority on the subject of ocean liners and cruise ships. [Read more…] about ‘Mr. Ocean Liner’ At National Lighthouse Museum Lecture Series

Filed Under: Events, History Tagged With: National Lighthouse Museum, Staten Island

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