History and Heritage in Cooper, NY

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A Place of Remembrance-(left side of the marker) From the 1690s until 1794, an estimated 15,000 enslaved and free Afr...

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Beneath these cliffs, Henry Hudson?s Half-Moon was welcomed by the Lenni Lenape Indians on September 3, 1609. Nearly ...

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First intended to keep out a British invasion in 1812, the Castle has transformed over the years to welco...

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It was built by John Bowne, who emigrated from England to Boston in 1649 and settled in Flushing, Queens,...

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Opened on January 1, 1892, Ellis Island became the nation's premier federal immigration station. In opera...

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On April 15, 1913, one year after the sinking of the Titanic, the Titanic Memorial Lighthouse and Time B...

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Everyone is familiar with the Statue of Liberty as a symbol of the promise of America, but few are proba...

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Its history exemplifies the diversity of Brooklyn"s colonial farms, where Dutch-American landowners, ensl...

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Palisades Interstate Park has been designated a Registered National Historic Landmark under the provisions of the His...

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Theodore Roosevelt, the 26th President of the United States, lived at this site from his birth on October...

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Underneath the Verrazanno Narrows Bridge lies one of the oldest military sites in the United States – Fort Wa...

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For more than two centuries, the South Street Seaport has been a place where innovation and history come togeth...

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The Brooklyn Historical Society (BHS) is a museum, library and educational center dedicated to encouraging the ...

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Underground Railroad Sites Rochester's proximity to Lake Ontario afforded runaway slaves a direct route to freedom in...

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This 18th- and 19th-century house takes its name from Rufus King (1755-1827), member of the Continental Congres...

African Burial Ground