The Town of Islip will celebrate Juneteenth by holding a ceremony to honor Civil War Veterans on Thursday, June 19 at 4 pm at Oakwood Cemetery in Bay Shore. The ceremony will rededicate the final resting places of African American soldiers, Private William Treadwell and
The Westchester County Archives has recently added over 400 firsthand accounts of the Revolutionary War in Westchester County to its digital archives collection. The collection is called “Experiencing the Neutral Ground of the American Revoluation” and includes not only Westchester but all of present-day Bronx
Green-Wood Cemetery is celebrating the 250th anniversary of its legacy as the site of the 1776 Battle of Brooklyn on Saturday, April 12 from 10 a.m. to noon. This walk and talk, “Honoring Green-Wood’s Revolutionary History,” will be presented by Green-Wood Historian Jeff Richman and
in honor of Veterans’ Day, Fold3.com will provide Free Access to its entire collection of WWI and WWII military records today and tomorrow. Explore 350+ million records that capture the service and sacrifice of the veterans in your family. Access to the records in the
In honor of Veterans’ Day, here are some websites that may help you with genealogy research for ancestors who served in the military. https://www.nps.gov/civilwar/soldiers-and-sailors-database.htm – Database of Civil War soldiers and sailors www.thewall-usa.com/index.asp#search – Listing of those killed in Vietnam who are included on the
