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Allan Sherman

People

Folk Singer and Satirist Allan Sherman Was Bigger Than The Beatles

By Annie Wilkinson

christine jorgensen

People

Early Transgender Icon Christine Jorgensen Settled on Long Island After Undergoing Country’s First Gender Confirmation Surgery

By Annie Wilkinson

Amelia Earhart

People

Amelia Earhart and Her Courageous Flights Had Long Island Ties

By Annie Wilkinson

DDT Art Cooley

People

Art Cooley’s Crusade Against DDT Made Him a Long Island Champion of the Earth

By Annie Wilkinson

Havemeyer

People

Louisine Havemeyer: Long Island Suffragist Made Women’s History

By Annie Wilkinson

la amistad

People

La Amistad: How the U.S.’s First Civil Rights Case Sparked in Montauk

By Annie Wilkinson

black history langston hughes

People

5 Powerful Stories of Black History on Long Island

By Annie Wilkinson

james bond

People

From Broccoli Farmer to James Bond Producer: Albert “Cubby” Broccoli’s Long Island Beginnings

By Annie Wilkinson

guy lombardo

People

Freeport’s Guy Lombardo Was the Original “Mr. New Year’s Eve”

By Annie Wilkinson

kennedy

People

John Fitzgerald Kennedy: The Man Who Would Be President’s Time on Long Island

By Annie Wilkinson

scary stories

5 Spooky, Scary Stories in Long Island History

By Annie Wilkinson

old brick house

People

The Haunted History of Maj. Thomas Jones’ ‘Old Brick House’ at Massapequa Manor

By Annie Wilkinson

jewish history

People

Long Island Jewish History Museum Opens in Glen Cove

By Briana Bonfiglio

princess diana

People

Princess Diana: The Fate of the ‘People’s Princess’ and the Hamptons

By Annie Wilkinson

Rudolph Valentino

People

Rudolph Valentino: A Gold Coast Gardener Who Became a Heartthrob

By Annie Wilkinson

Truman Capote 2

People

Long Island Was Harper Lee’s Retreat After Publishing To Kill A Mockingbird

By Annie Wilkinson

harvey milk

People

Harvey Milk, a Long Island Native, Made History for LGBTQ+ Americans

By Annie Wilkinson

memory motel

Montauk

The Rolling Stones Ballad “Memory Motel” Inspired by Band’s 1975 Trip to Montauk

By Annie Wilkinson

the little prince

People

The Little Prince Author Crafted Antidote to War on Long Island’s North Shore

By Annie Wilkinson

dorothy parker

People

Poet-screenwriter Dorothy Parker Was Wisecracking Feminist Accused of Communism

By Annie Wilkinson

black history levittown

Levittown

Levittown, America’s First Suburb, Historically Shunned Black Families

By Annie Wilkinson

hollywood east

Bay Shore

Bay Shore Was ‘Hollywood East’ in Early Years of American Film Industry

By Annie Wilkinson

alice roosevelt

People

Theodore Roosevelt’s Daughter, Alice, Was the Original Political ‘It Girl’

By Annie Wilkinson

ralph norman

People

Remembering Ralph Norman: A Composer for Famous Performers

By Annie Wilkinson

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