EVENT: Staten Island's Hidden History unfolds in the Fall
“Realms of History: The Cemeteries of Staten Island”
A Book Talk & Signing with Patricia M. Salmon, New Dorp Branch, New York Public Library, 309 New Dorp Lane. Tuesday, September 26, 6:30 p.m. Free.
RSVP: 718/727-1135 x123 or [email protected]
Discover the burial grounds of Staten Island! Native American, Slave, homestead, and immigrant graveyards will all be discussed, as will tombstones as folk art, cemeteries as nature preserves, and historical cemetery studies. Copies of this new book will be for sale.
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Mysteries of the History Archives & Library
Friday, October 13, 2006, 10:45 a.m.
$5/free for Institute Members.
RSVP: 718/727-1135 x123 or [email protected]
Take a behind the scenes Talk & Tour of the History Archives & Library. Rare artifacts, the latest historical finds, and fascinating current and future history projects will be highlighted. Take an up-close look at the catacomb like Archives. The Institute began collecting in 1881, and we haven’t stopped since!
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“Secret Staten Island Cemeteries”
Sunday, October 15, 2006, 2 p.m. Moravian Cemetery, 2205 Richmond Road
$10 donation requested.
RSVP: 718/727-1135 x123 or
[email protected]
Believe it or not Staten Island is home to numerous forgotten, hidden, or unknown burial grounds. Eighteenth century residents are buried under Port Richmond Avenue; an Androvette Family Homestead Graveyard exists under Cornelia Avenue in Prince’s Bay; immigrant cemeteries once “thrived” at Saint George, Prince’s Bay, and Silver Lake. People really are buried at the 18th hole of the Silver Lake Golf Course! This talk will be followed by a tour of the oldest section of Moravian Cemetery with Richard L. Simpson. Some of those buried therein may even come to life!