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Apr 9, 20213 min read
Celebrating Emma S. Clark Memorial Library
From the TVHS Archives: Emma S. Clark Memorial Library Celebrates Serving the Community for over 125 years By Karen Martin for The...
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Mar 26, 20216 min read
Egbert Bull Smith and East Setauket Shipbuilding
1949 aerial photo - East Setauket looking southeast. Setauket School on the hill is center. Setauket Methodist Church at crossroad.
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Jan 31, 20212 min read
The Blizzard of 1934
From the TVHS archives The blizzard of 1934 was reported, at the time, to be Long Island’s worst snow storm since the famous blizzard of...
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archivist97
Nov 11, 20204 min read
Honoring Veterans: The History of Veterans Day
(The following history is from the U.S. Department of Veteran’s Affairs website https://www.va.gov/opa/vetsday/vetdayhistory.asp...
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archivist97
Oct 31, 20203 min read
Witchcraft in Setauket. The Trial of Ralph and Mary Hall
The place was Setauket and the year was 1664, 28 years before the infamous Salem Witch Trials of 1692. https://www.history.com/topics/col...
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archivist97
Oct 13, 20208 min read
Edward Larocque Tinker
A lawyer, banker, photographer, adventurer, and author, Edward Larocque Tinker was born 12 Sept. 1881 in New York City. Probably best...
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archivist97
Oct 6, 20204 min read
Count Eugenio Goncalves de Teixeira
The following account of the life of Count de Teixeira was written by Dr. R. Sherman Mills It is the stuff of which fairy tales are made,...
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Oct 1, 20204 min read
Silas Brewster, African American Farm Hand
A small leather-bound journal, kept by a Setauket farmer reveals details in the life of an African American laborer.
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archivist97
Sep 28, 20207 min read
Synagogue Dedicated: Dr. Darlington Speaks at the Opening of a Hebrew House of Worship at Setauket.
“Hebrews and Christians from this and neighboring villages turned out in large numbers to attend the dedication. The new house of worship...
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archivist97
Sep 8, 20203 min read
LABOR DAY
“The first Monday in September, is a creation of the labor movement and is dedicated to the social and economic achievements of American...
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Sep 3, 20205 min read
Setauket School Days, the U.S. Constitution and Civil Rights
One of the earliest schoolhouses in Setauket stood, until January 1870, near where the Caroline Church carriage shed is located. This small,
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archivist97
Aug 19, 20203 min read
Votes for Women
On August 18, 1920 the Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution is ratified, guaranteeing women’s suffrage. suffrage [...
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archivist97
Jul 22, 20202 min read
Baseball in the Three Villages: The Suffolk Giants and Suffolk Giants Juniors
Whether it was a town, community or high school team, baseball has always been a popular sport in the Three Village area.
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Jul 16, 20203 min read
The Suffolk Giants of Setauket: From segregation to integration
Almost a decade after Jackie Robinson broke the color line in National League and Larry Doby and Satchel Paige did so in the American, the S
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Jul 15, 20204 min read
Jacob and Hannah Hart
Lucy Hart Keyes’ remembrances are a part of the collection of the Three Village Historical Society. The home she grew up in no longer exists
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Jul 8, 20203 min read
Chicken Hill: Journey to the Past
By Tara Ebrahimian Published in The Historian, Winter 2019 From the TVHS Archives “Chicken Hill: A Community Lost to Time” is perhaps a...
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education472
May 31, 20208 min read
Nellie Bly: Ingenuitive Investigator
There is a journalistic tenet “The role of a newspaper is to comfort the afflicted and afflict the comfortable.” Muckraker and a mother of i
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education472
May 17, 20205 min read
F. Scott Fitzgerald: Alone in a Crowd
By Tara Mae Even in a crowded room, you can still feel like the loneliest person in the world. At once the life of the party and an...
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archivist97
May 15, 20203 min read
Newspapers Document Local History
From time to time we share some tidbits from the local newspapers. A great source for newspapers published throughout New York State,...
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archivist97
May 8, 20203 min read
Mother's Day - It's Modern Day Origins
In 1914 President Woodrow Wilson designated Mother’s Day, the second Sunday in May, as a national holiday. The movement for a day to...
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