One of Long Island’s most significant presidential landmarks is Sagamore Hill National Historic Site in Oyster Bay, the childhood home of PresidentTheodore Roosevelt, which served as his home from ...
The overall battle of New York City, from Manhattan to Long Island, cost the Continentals several hundred ... Street for the Port of New York Authority’s construction of the George Washington Bridge.
during the Battle of Long Island on August 27, 1776. The Maryland 400, under the command of Lord Stirling (also known as General William Alexander), held off British General Cornwallis’s troops to ...