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    Celebrating Emma S. Clark Memorial Library
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    • Apr 9, 2021
    • 3 min

    Celebrating Emma S. Clark Memorial Library

    From the TVHS Archives: Emma S. Clark Memorial Library Celebrates Serving the Community for over 125 years By Karen Martin for The...
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    Egbert Bull Smith and East Setauket Shipbuilding
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    • Mar 26, 2021
    • 6 min

    Egbert Bull Smith and East Setauket Shipbuilding

    1949 aerial photo - East Setauket looking southeast. Setauket School on the hill is center. Setauket Methodist Church at crossroad.
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    The Blizzard of 1934
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    • Jan 31, 2021
    • 2 min

    The Blizzard of 1934

    From the TVHS archives The blizzard of 1934 was reported, at the time, to be Long Island’s worst snow storm since the famous blizzard of...
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    Witchcraft in Setauket. The Trial of Ralph and Mary Hall
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    • Oct 31, 2020
    • 3 min

    Witchcraft in Setauket. The Trial of Ralph and Mary Hall

    The place was Setauket and the year was 1664, 28 years before the infamous Salem Witch Trials of 1692. https://www.history.com/topics/col...
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    Edward Larocque Tinker
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    • Oct 13, 2020
    • 8 min

    Edward Larocque Tinker

    A lawyer, banker, photographer, adventurer, and author, Edward Larocque Tinker was born 12 Sept. 1881 in New York City. Probably best...
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    LABOR DAY
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    • Sep 8, 2020
    • 3 min

    LABOR DAY

    “The first Monday in September, is a creation of the labor movement and is dedicated to the social and economic achievements of American...
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    Votes for Women
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    • Aug 19, 2020
    • 3 min

    Votes for Women

    On August 18, 1920 the Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution is ratified, guaranteeing women’s suffrage. suffrage [...
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    Baseball in the Three Villages: The Suffolk Giants and Suffolk Giants Juniors
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    • Jul 22, 2020
    • 2 min

    Baseball in the Three Villages: The Suffolk Giants and Suffolk Giants Juniors

    Whether it was a town, community or high school team, baseball has always been a popular sport in the Three Village area.
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    The Suffolk Giants of Setauket: From segregation to integration
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    • Jul 16, 2020
    • 3 min

    The Suffolk Giants of Setauket: From segregation to integration

    Almost a decade after Jackie Robinson broke the color line in National League and Larry Doby and Satchel Paige did so in the American, the S
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    Our deepest sympathy to the Barnes family on the passing of Hap Barnes.
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    • Jul 13, 2020
    • 1 min

    Our deepest sympathy to the Barnes family on the passing of Hap Barnes.

    Our deepest sympathy to the Barnes family on the passing of Hap Barnes.
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    Chicken Hill: Journey to the Past
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    • Jul 8, 2020
    • 3 min

    Chicken Hill: Journey to the Past

    By Tara Ebrahimian Published in The Historian, Winter 2019 From the TVHS Archives “Chicken Hill: A Community Lost to Time” is perhaps a...
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    The Slave Ship Wanderer
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    • Jun 5, 2020
    • 3 min

    The Slave Ship Wanderer

    Joseph Rowland’s home and shipyard is in East Setauket at the intersection of Shore Road and Bayview Avenue. Rowland built the 106 foot scho
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    From the TVHS Archives
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    • May 20, 2020
    • 2 min

    From the TVHS Archives

    A Tribute to Our Veterans (from the collections of the Three Village Historical Society) Originally written for the 2008 Historian “The...
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    From the TVHS Archives
    TVHS
    • May 13, 2020
    • 4 min

    From the TVHS Archives

    The Civil War began on April 12, 1861 and tore at the very fabric of American life.
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    From the TVHS Archives
    TVHS
    • May 6, 2020
    • 3 min

    From the TVHS Archives

    Rhodes Trip: 50 Years of Strathmore at Stony Brook By Karen Martin From the January 2014 Historian Newsletter Levitt Plans 1,300 Homes...
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    "Rhode" Trips - From the TVHS Archives
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    • Apr 29, 2020
    • 3 min

    "Rhode" Trips - From the TVHS Archives

    Written for the July 2008 Historian Newsletter Tales from the Society’s Rhodes Committee by Susan B. Jayne The game of baseball has been...
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    United States Federal Census  -  April 1, 2020, Census Day
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    • Apr 2, 2020
    • 3 min

    United States Federal Census - April 1, 2020, Census Day

    By Karen Martin, TVHS Archivist The U.S. Constitution mandates that the country count its population once every 10 years. The 2020 Census...
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