Sunday, July 27, 2014

"The genius of the United States is not best or most in its executives or legislatures, nor in its ambassadors or authors or colleges, or churches, or parlors, nor even in its newspapers or inventors, but always most in the common people."

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Location:   West Hills, New York Year:   1810 One of America's greatest poets, Walt Whitman, was born in the village of West Hills ne...
Saturday, July 26, 2014

Bungalow Bar

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Location:   Four of the Five Boroughs Year:   1940s-1960s Bungalow Bar, founded by a Greek immigrant family, was a brand of ice cream sol...
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Wednesday, July 23, 2014

The Panorama of The City of New York

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Location:   The Queens Museum Year:   1964 The Panorama of the City of New York is the jewel in the crown of the collection of the Queen...

The Underground Home

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Year:   1964 Location:   Flushing Meadow Park, Queens One of the oddest and least seen exhibits at the World's Fair of 1964-65 was th...
Monday, July 21, 2014

The Secret of Silver Street

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Location:   Patchogue, New York Year:   After 1945 William Patrick Hitler (1911-1987), who Adolf Hitler called, "My loathsome nephe...
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Sunday, July 20, 2014

The Battle of Oriskany

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Year:   1777  Location:   Oriskany, New York  The Battle of Oriskany, fought on August 6, 1777, is remembered as the bloodiest battle of ...
Saturday, July 19, 2014

A shallow and warm sea

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Location:   Upstate New York Year:   circa 400,000,000 million years ago While New York State is not a treasure house of dinosaur fos...