Historic Sites and History

6+ day, 20+ min ago   (301+ words) Long Island is getting a new 80-mile trail in honor of Teddy Roosevelt – stretching from the former president’s one-time residence in Nassau County all the way out to Montauk. Local officials announced the “tourism trail” at a press event Monday…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (536+ words) Mesa resident Elle Deveraux set out on New Year's Day 2002 to carry an American flag on a 4,300-mile trek from Oregon to New York. Called the "Patriot Line," the 147-day journey allowed strangers across the country to share their grief…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (410+ words) (The Center Square) – Sept. 11, 2001, marked the largest loss of firefighter life in a single incident in recorded history. The New York City Fire Department lost 340 firefighters and fire officers, two paramedics and Chaplain Father Mychal Judge on the day of…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (1006+ words) For more than 60 years, the fireboat John J. Harvey, named after FDNY pilot John J. Harvey, who was killed in the line of duty fighting a ship fire, served and protected New York Harbor, battling major blazes like the Cunard Line pier…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (189+ words) By day’s end, the world watched as the sunny Tuesday morning gave way to a smoke-filled horizon, with 2,753 people killed, including 178 from Suffolk County. In addition, millions of New Yorkers were traumatized, and thousands of first responders would suffer from…...