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Discover the incredible cultural attributes of the Iroquois peoples. youtube.com/shorts/f_10gbg…

Uncover the roots of a lost Afro-Dutch cultural celebration, the Hudson Valley’s lost “Mardi Gras” season of Pinkster. youtu.be/lLXyIzna6KA

Discover the unique contours of the “Westchester Neutral Zone,” during the American Revolution. youtu.be/LEbS7xyw_eg

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Wickers Creek: The Forgotten Homeland of The Munsee-Lenape youtu.be/aQ2NIrg0IqA?fe… via YouTube

So looks like the Philipse family connection in my own genealogical lore is fascinating, my father’s step family is descended from Frederick Philipse I, through Philip Philips, a son of Frederick Philipse III. While Frederick III inherited Philipse Manor, his four children

Thomas Gage has an interesting military career, descended from a line of Catholic sympathizers, his family managed to weather the political upheaval of the 17th century and converted to The Church of England by the start of the 18th century. After purchasing a commission, he

Burial Ridge in Staten Island is one of the only known Munsee-Lenape burial grounds in New York. Based upon Native Oral History and my own relative’s testimony, I believe there might be a similar burial ground found about 200 yards to the northeast of the current Wickers Creek

Check out that ridge-line to the north of the box highlighted in the archeological survey, this would have been safe from the river water and provided both spiritual and practical site lines.

The French claim to Bermuda only ended in 1778, contained as a stipulation in the Alliance Treaty with the American Rebels.

Thomas Paine was granted the 227 acre farm of third generation Huguenot loyalist Frederick Deveaux. New York had indicted him for treason on 1780 and got a final judgement of forfeiture in 1783. The following year New York State awarded Paine the farm, in recognition of his

I’m on the trail of a possible Munsee-Lenape Burial site.

One of my favorite stories I heard in Normandy concerning #Dday. “I met a young French woman at the American Cemetery today on Omaha Beach and she told us and incredible story. Her grandmother was only 12 and her confirmation was set for June 6, 1944. The invasion postponed the

I m was given the privilege and honor to visit The American Cemetery at Omaha Beach. In honor of those brave men and women who didn’t make it home, I’ve included my most memorable shots in the thread below

The opening scene to “Saving Private Ryan.”

78 years apart.

My father and I bring my son to the cemetery on Memorial Day, where he participated in our yearly plantings on the grave of his Great-Grandfather. A brave Navy man who fought at Okinawa while only aged 17, I hold my own lifetime membership to the Sampson Naval Veterans

More shots from Omaha Beach.

Notice the British flag at half mast, I had set sail from Southampton under a Queen and returned to port under the rule of a King.