Colonel Theodore Roosevelt and the Rough Riders played a key role in the outcome of the Spanish-American War. The Spanish would surrender control of Cuba on August 12th, 1898. On 14 August, the Rough Riders returned home and landed at Montauk Point…
Saddle Rock Grist Mill is a historic grist mill building located in Saddle Rock, a village in the town of North Hempstead. It dates to the 18th century and is the only operating tidal grist mill on Long Island. The building underwent restoration in…
Saddle Rock Grist Mill is a historic grist mill building located in Saddle Rock, a village in the town of North Hempstead. It dates to the 18th century and is the only operating tidal grist mill on Long Island. The building underwent restoration in…
The "Alfred F. Paul" was a sailing ship owned by the Albert Shipping Company in Baltimore, Maryland. It was eventually sunk by a German U-boat captained by Johannes Liebe on March 3rd, 1942 approximately 160 miles northeast of Cape Hatteras. In this…
Charles Lindbergh took off on May 20, 1927 in the "Spirit" from Roosevelt Field, Garden City (Long Island), New York and landed 33 hours, 30 minutes later at Aéroport Le Bourget in Paris, France, a distance of approximately 3,600 miles.