Welcome Willowtown Community Garden a place apart, where the savors of the season are augmented, where the soul is invited to invite itself Poet Fred Chappell www.willowtown.orgSubmitted by @lampbane
"HERITAGE OF NEW YORK" 2-8 WILLOW PLACE THESE DUPLEXES WERE BUILT IN THE GOTHIC REVIVAL STYLE ABOUT 1847, NOTABLE FEATURES INCLUDE COUPLED PORCHES WITH THEIR CLUSTERED COLONNETTES...
MY IRENE YOU WERE THE STARLIGHT IN HEAVEN, YOU WERE THE RAINBOW ABOVE, YOU WERE THE MOON THAT SHONE BRIGHTLY, YOU WERE MY ONLY LOVE, YOU WERE THE STRAIN OF SWEET MUSIC, YOU WERE THE TUNE...
Coney Island CreekwalkRibbed MusselsRibbed Mussels are found in dense clusters attached at the base of salt marsh spartina plants growing along the banks of Coney Island Creek. The mussels...
Before settlement in the 1820s, Coney Island was a barrier island composed of tall, stable sand dunes, some so large that they were used as navigational aids by Mariners approaching New...
Near this spot during the Revolutionary War stood The Birdsall HouseA popular hostelry patronized byGeneral George Washingtonon his frequent visits to Peekskilland vicinity as Commander in...
Coney Island CreekwalkBattle of BrooklynIn the summer of 1776, an invasion force of 32,000 troops aboard a British naval fleet of 400 ships was anchored off Staten Island, poised for an attack on...
HISTORIC MARKER OF BATTLE PASS AT THIS POINT THE OLD PORTE ROAD OR VALLEY GROVE ROAD INTERSECTED THE LINE OF HILLS SEPARATING FLATBUSH FROM BROOKLYN AND GOWANUS. IN THE BATTLE OF LONG ISLAND,...
BENEATH THIS MARKER IS A TIME CAPSULE INSTALLED IN COMMEMORATION OF THE TRICENTENNIAL OF QUEENS COUNTY TO BE OPENED IN 100 YEARSDEDICATED NOVEMBER 1 1983 DONALD R. MANES QUEENS...
Pedro (Pete) Manas Track: Honors the athletic achievement and memory of Pedro Matias Garcia (1914-88) Orland High School Class of 1934, National Record Holder in the Football Throw 218 feet 8...
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Here from 1862 to 1864, camped Colonel A. W. Spaight's Battalion, 2nd Texas Infantry, Confederate States Army, composed of soldiers from Jefferson, Liberty, and Chambers counties. Their presence...
In late August of 1779, men of the Opelousas Post Militia left from this place to join other militia units to attack British forces in the lower Mississippi Valley. They crossed the...
Rock Island Baptist Church in 1910, a small group of Christians (known as the Sixth Street Baptist Church) began worshiping in Port Arthur. The following year, in 1911, the Rock Island...