Event List

From the Revolution to the digital age, African Americans have served as codebreakers, spies, analysts, and officers – advancing both the security and the ideals of the United States. Professor Les Paldy leads this talk. 

Hamilton, An American Musical earned 11 Tony awards and Aaron Burr is the villain. As a Lieutenant Colonel in the Revolutionary War he begins an unlawful relationship with the wife of a British Officer.

In the 1619 Project, Nikole Hannah-Jones made the controversial claim that “one of the primary reasons the colonists decided to declare their independence from Britain was because they wanted to protect the institution of slavery.” This t

You've heard of the Tuskegee Airmen, but did you know there were other segregated Black American U.S. military units that bravely served their country in the face of discrimination?

On March 12,1993 a gentleman named Leo Steidel was interviewed by Mary Hugelmeyer. The program was given to and recorded at the Lake Ronkonkoma Historical Society Museum.

Set sail for the stories of Irish pirates, where history and legend collide on the wild Atlantic coast. Discover the marauders who captured young St. Patrick and brough him to Ireland.

Four daughters of wealthy General Philip Schuyler ran away to elope with rich men. But Elizabeth Schuyler married Alexander Hamilton, a penniless orphan immigrant, for love.

University of Maryland historian Dr. Richard Bell explores what the success of the musical phenomenon tells us about the marriage of history and show-business.

World War II was a time with no shortage of heroic women both on and off the battlefield.  Explore the stories of several of these women: spy Virginia Hall, POW nurse Colonel Rugy Bradley, and more.  Howard Rosenberg is the speaker.&nbsp

Join us for a presentation by Bill Bleyer, former prizewinning staff writer for Newsday, who will delve into the story of the largest battle of the American Revolution, a defeat that could have spelled the end of the Continental

The story of U.S. intelligence begins in the struggle for independence. Follow the thread from George Washington's Culper spy ring through the Federalist  Papers to today's CIA. Professor Les Paldy gives this talk. 

Early American records are much different than the ones found in the late 19th and 20th centuries. Come and learn what records are available, what information they hold, and where to find them.

Learn the true story of the Culper Spy Ring from former Newsday reporter Bill Bleyer, author of George Washington’s Long Island Spy Ring: A History and Tour Guide.

Experiences during the revolution carried over into the early republic – how the Founders came to understand secrecy and the need for reliable intelligence and built provisions for them into the Constitution.

Motherhood is monumental when you're the size of of a school bus. Or two or three. Join us to discover the extraordinary ways whales give birth, nurse, and nurture their calves while navigating challenges of life at sea.

Stephanie Reese talks about the ins and outs of what this film genre is all about. 

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One of our greatest founders, Alexander Hamilton was pivotal as a brilliant military, legal, and financial genius.

Think you may have an ancestor who served in the Continental Army or contributed to the Patriot cause in Revolutionary War? Maybe they were a Red Coat!  Learn where to look and how to verify the information.

CIA intelligence operations today ranging from espionage through covert action contain elements that George Washington's  spies used during the American Revolution. Professor Les Paldy leads this presentation. 

Join us for a lively dive into the surprising side of the 19th-century gender roles at sea.

The “Mothers” of America aren’t often mentioned – the women whose influence on the early years of the United States reverberated for centuries afterwards.