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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…

Originally built in 1698.

Single track railroad.

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…

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…

The clock tower was originally built in 1895.

Exterior front view of the home of Eunice and Bernard Fixler (Hofstra University Class of 1941).

The home was destroyed when a P-47 Thunderbolt crashed into it and the house next door on November 17, 1945. The pilot, 1st Lt. Daniel R.A. Duncan who…