10.13.2014 Community 200 years later, remembering a battle on the L.I. Sound On Oct. 11, 1814, local historian Richard Wines said, James Galloway, commander of the British ship the HMS Dispatch, recorded in his official log that weather conditions in Riverhead...
06.26.2014 Education 200 years later, students recreate a battle scene In April, a group of Riverhead High School sophomores, juniors and seniors visited a spot on the Long Island Sound near Hallockville Museum Farm, standing just a few hundred...
05.25.2014 News War along our shores: Tale of the Cutter Eagle It’s 1814, and the United States is at war. British frigates and brigs clog the East Coast’s trade routes, preying on merchant vessels and shutting down commerce. On an...