Historian and volunteers discover the past in letters
CHARITY ROBEY PHOTO |Patricia Shillingburg works every day of the week with a rotating team of volunteers to document and transcribe 762 letters dating to the Colonial- and Revolutionary War-eras. I’m...
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KAREN KAIER PHOTO‘Tables’ located behind the Presbyterian Church. The one on the right marks the graves of Mary and Brinley Sylvester, on the left are Thomas and Mary Dering. Note the bases of the...
View ArticleThe story of a French connection and a tall ship
PHOTO: HERMIONE2015.COMThe Hermione under sail. “Nous voila, Lafayette!” — Lafayette, we are here!” That stirring declaration was delivered in Paris at the tomb of the Marquis de Lafayette on July 4,...
View ArticleHistorian and volunteers discover the past in letters
CHARITY ROBEY PHOTO |Patricia Shillingburg works every day of the week with a rotating team of volunteers to document and transcribe 762 letters dating to the Colonial- and Revolutionary War-eras. I’m...
View ArticleSuffolk Close up: Patriot’s home
KARL GROSSMAN Long Island is known for, among other things, beautiful beaches, the site of the first “mass-produced” suburb in the U.S, the resort areas of the East End, notably the Hamptons and...
View ArticleStone after stone: Who’s who in cemetery
KAREN KAIER PHOTO‘Tables’ located behind the Presbyterian Church. The one on the right marks the graves of Mary and Brinley Sylvester, on the left are Thomas and Mary Dering. Note the bases of the...
View ArticleThe story of a French connection and a tall ship
PHOTO: HERMIONE2015.COMThe Hermione under sail. “Nous voila, Lafayette!” — Lafayette, we are here!” That stirring declaration was delivered in Paris at the tomb of the Marquis de Lafayette on July 4,...
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