We took a thematic approach for our 2015 list of Endangered Historic Places, focusing on endangered industrial heritage.
• Fordham Saw Mill, Remsenburg-Speonk, Town of Southampton, Suffolk County –IMPROVED
• Roslyn Grist Mill, Village of Roslyn, Nassau County–IMPROVED
East Hills recognized for Happy House preservation - News - The Island 360
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Preservation Long Island has awarded the Village of East Hills for its work in preserving John Mackay III’s Happy House. Preservation Long Island’s goal is to safeguard and celebrate historic […...Bravo! Thanks for keeping history alive.
It would be great to see some more of those signs with info on Jupiter Hammon, and also info on the Matinecock and other Indigenous people of Long Island too. Thanks for this post and for encouraging us to reflect on how to increase our knowledge and share it more effectively!
How about the Lloyds educated/allowed him to be educated? Thank you Jupiter for your prose.
Teaching local history in the classroom could probably help a lot, here. (though not easy for you to affect) Growing up in Nassau Cnty, I didn't learn that the west of LI was Dutch settled and the east end was English until i came to work for SPLIA and did some reading of their own materials. Maybe the curriculum has changed in the last few decades ~