.

Historical Periods of Patchogue

Historical Periods (Patchogue, NY, chronologically)

 

--  General

            See also  Patchogue, N.Y. History web page

                          Under  - General  section

            See also  L.I. - Patchogue - Chronology vertical file

 

--  Prehistory & Indian History

             See  L.I. -- Indians -- Unkechaug  vertical files

                                [Ed. Note:  These include numerous subfiles]

  • Black, Julie.  "Unkechaug -- A Proud Heritage."  Suffolk Life, June 3, 1979:  p. 1.
  • Brief History of the Unkechaug Indian Nation (Poospatuck Smoke Shop)
  • Gonzales, Ellice B.  "Tri-Racial Isolates in a Bi-Racial Society:  Poospatuck Ambiguity and Conflict" (Contributions in Ethnic Studies, No. 15). In Strategies for Survival:  American Indians in the Eastern United States, ed. by Frank W. Porter, III.  New York; Westport, CT; London:  Greenwood Press, 1986:  pp. 113-137.  bibliog.:  pp. 134-137.
  • Harrington, John Walker.  "Memories of Race Recalled by Recent Death of Martha Mayne, of the Poospatucks, of L.I."  [source not indicated], 1933:  n.p.
  • McDonald, John.  "Call Those Poospatucks Unkechaugs."  Newsday, August 23, 1975:  p. 6.
  • "Minutes of a Meeting with Unchechaug Indians Concerning Fishing Rights" [25: 118], May 23-24, 1676. In The Andros Papers, 1674-1676:  Files of the Provincial Secretary of New York During the Administration of Governor Sir Edmund Andros, 1674-1680, ed. by Peter R. Christolph and Florence R. Christolph, tr. from the Dutch by Charles H. Gehring.  Syracuse, NY:  Syracuse University Press, 1989-1991. 
  • O'Neill, Kevin.  "Keeping Alive the History of the Tribe."  Long Island Advance, August 12, `1993:  p. 6. 
  • "The Poosepatuck Indians" (Footnotes to L.I. History).  Long Island Advance, December 5, [1982?]:  n.p.
  • "The Poosepatuck Tenure is Upheld:  Judge Hawkins Rejects Dana Removal Petition; Blood Kinship of Indian Descendants Cited -- Decision Goes into Interesting History of Mastic Settlement.  [Argus?], March 13, 1936:  n.p.
  • Shaw, Osborn. "Location of Indian Tribes."  Long Island Forum, 1(12) December 1938:  pp. 11-12.
  • "State's Indians in Public Schools as Century of Segregation Ends."  New York Times, September 24, 1954:  pp. 1, 50.
  • "Unkechaug and Shinnecock Language Revival Project" (Unkechaug Nation [blog], April 7, 2010)
  • Unkechaug Nation:  The Official Blog of the Unkechaug Nation (Unkechaug Nation)
  • Wilson, Marilyn.  "The Unkechaug Nation:  An Historical Overview."  South Shore Press, July 3, 2002:  p. 3.

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--  Colonial Period, ca. 1600-1775

            See also  L.I. - Patchogue - History - 1664 vertical file

                          L.I. - Patchogue - History - 1680 vertical file

                          L.I. - Patchogue - History - 1749 vertical file

                          L.I. - Patchogue - History - 1752 vertical file

                          L.I. - Patchogue - History - 1756 vertical file

                          L.I. - Patchogue - History - 1758 vertical file

                          L.I. - Patchogue - History - 1773 vertical file

  • "Chronology of Winthrop's Patent [1664-1773]:  Memo comp. by Osborn Shaw Regarding Winthrop's Patent."  The Creek:  The Patchogue River, by Fred B. Jones.  Patchogue, NY:  The Author, 1986, repr.  1997:  p. I-21; map, p. I-16.
  • Silberfarb, Edward J.  "A Proud Family Link with the Past...in a Village with an Eye on History."  New York Herald Tribune, (Section 13) September 15, 1963:  pp. 1-3. 
  • Tobaccus' Deed for Land on the South Side" [June 10, 1664].  In  Records:  Town of Brookhaven, Up to 1800, as compiled by the Town Clerk.  Patchogue, NY:  Printed at the Office of the "Advance", 1880:  pp. 10-11.
  • Jones, Fred B.  "Where Patchogue Came In."  In  The Creek:  The Patchogue River.  [Patchogue, NY:  The Author], 1986, repr. 1997:  pp. 2-11 to 2-12.

---  French & Indian [7 Years'] War, 1754-1763

             See also  L.I. - Patchogue - History - 1756 vertical file

                           L.I. - Patchogue - History - 1758 vertical file

  • "Debt and Lottery Sale Spawn Patchogue." Suffolk Life, 18(1) March 9, 1975:  pp. 1 PA, 13 PA.
  • History of Patchogue has Strange Beginning, by Thomas R. Bayles  (Longwood's Journey.  Footnotes to Long Island History)

--  Revolution, 1775-1783

            See also  L.I. - Patchogue - History - Revolution, 1775-1783 vertical

                                         file

 

    [Patchogue was in existence during the Revolution.  Austin Roe, courier for the Culper Spy Ring still lived in Setauket, at that point, where his tavern of that period was situated.  The Library seeks documentary information on the village during the war.]

 

--  1783-1812  [Stirings of the Industrial Revolution]

  • April, 1790  (U.S.  Library of Congress.  American Memory.  The Diaries of George Washington, v. 6, Donald Jackson and Dorothy Twohig, eds.  -- See entry of April 22nd; a Patchogue lunch stop by the new President, on his whirlwind tour of L.I. (part of a brief escape, from the pressure of constantly setting precedents at the new national capital, at New York)
  • The Hart's Tavern Mystery (Long Island Stories)
  • Rozycki, Carl.  "Real President Visits Mythical Inn."  [Newsday?], September 2, 1982:  n.p. -- [Contrary to the article, the 1790 U.S. Census indicates a Joshua Hart on the west end of town, with enough of a coterie to have run his house as an inn]
  • "Washington Stopped Here, but He Didn't Admire Scenery, According to His Diary."  [Patchogue Advance?], December 29, 1949:  n.p. 

--  War of 1812

            See also  L.I. - Patchogue - History - 1812 vertical file

  • Bayles, Thomas R.  "'Captain Joe,' Schooner Captain" (Footnotes of L.I. History).  Patchogue Advance, September 16, 1948:  n.p. -- recounts two narrow escapes by Joseph Robinson [of E. Patchogue] and his crew of the schooner "Glorion", from the same unnamed British man-of-war off Fire Island
  • "Revolutionary Relic."  Brooklyn Eagle, June 27, 1899:  p. 3. -- Andrew Jackson Smith donates 6 lb. cannonball reputed to have been fired by a British warship from Blue Point Bay on his great grandfather's (Annanias Smith's) house in the War of 1812, which stood at some point on the site of the then Cliffton Hotel.
  • Smith, Andrew Jackson.  Patchogue Village in 1812:  A Story About the Village When It had but 75 Inhabitants.  Oysters were 20 Cents a Bushel. [manuscript].  [Patchogue, NY:  The Author, a. 1900.]  (Pathogue-Medford Library.  Celia M. Hastings Local History Room Collections)
  • Rothenberg, Mark.  Map of Patchogue in 1812 (Loosely Rendered from Analysis of A.J. Smith article, "Patchogue in 1812", from Suffolk County Historical Society.  Register, Spring, 1987:  pp. 66-67).  (Patchogue-Medford Library.  Celia M. Hastings Local History Room Collections)

--  1815-1845  [Jacksonian Era & Communications Revolution]

            See also  L.I. - Patchogue - History - 1815 vertical file

                          L.I. - Patchogue - History - 1829 vertical file

                          L.I. - Patchogue - History - 1840 vertical file

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  • Winsche, Richard A.  "Miller Mott, Patchogue Pioneer."  Long island Forum, 20(3) March 1957:  pp. 15, 46.  -- Charles Mott (former Tory, later prominent N. Patchogue property owner and judge, a/k/a "Squire Mott," built a gristmill on East (Swan) Creek, creating East (or Swan) Lake, just after the War of 1812, in 1815, by damming the creek, the mill, later known as Swezey's mill, which long survived, only to burn down on 4/24/1931.
  • "'Captain Joe,' Schooner Captain" (Footnotes of L.I. History).  Patchogue Advance, September 16, 1948:  n.p.  -- recounts Capt. Joseph Robinson's [of E. Patchogue's] narrow escape from death, after his ship the "Glorion" capsized in a sudden gale off Fire Island near Rockawayon September 3, 1820.  He was sole survivor of several ships that went down.  The same ship had served him well along the same coast, in the War of 1812 [see above].
  • "Shoemaker's Book, 101 Years Old [1829], Gives Numerous Intimate Points." Patchogue Advance, April 29, 1930:   [n.p.]
  • ["Axed to be Discharged":  Recommendation of Discharge from Military Duty of David W. Case (of Patchogue, N.Y.), 132nd Vol. Infantry Regiment. NYS Militia, 10-7-1826, Brookhaven, NY] - handritten original + transcription (Patchogue-Medford Library.  Celia M. Hastings Local History Room)
  • "A Valueable Water Privilege for Sale."  [Sag Harbor] Corrector, January 5, 1839:  p. 1.
  • "...Woolen Goods, Manufactured Expressly for the Country Market, Consisting of Very Heavy Kerseys and Mix't Cloth, generally called Bear Skin, Flannels, Satinetts, Broad Cloths, &c.  All of Which will be sold low or exchanged for wool.  D. Haff.  Patchogue, Nov. 10th, 1837."  [Sag Harbor] Corrector, February 6, 1839:  p. 1.
  • "Great Gathering at Patchogue!: 'Down with the Wages of Labor!' says the Administration. -- 'Down with the Administration!' say the Laborers."  [Sag Harbor] Corrector, September 30, 1840:  p. 3.  -- This could as easily have been written yesterday.
  • Barber, John Warner and Henry Howe.  "View of Patchogue in Brookhaven, Long Island" [captioned engraved image, plus text relating to Patchogue, N.Y.]. (Suffolk County) In  Historical Collections of the State of New York; Containing a General Collection of the Most Interesting Facts, Traditions, Biographical Sketches, Anecdotes, &c. Relating to Its History and Antiquities, with Geographical Descriptions of Every Township in the State.  Illustrated by 230 Engravings.  Port Washington, NY:  Kennikat Press.  Ira J. Friedman Division, 1841, repr.  1970.  (Patchogue-Medford Library.  Celia M. Hastings Local History Room Collections)     
  • "Patchogue Medical Plan (sometimes called 'Dogpatch')."  [no source:   n.p.]  -- Patchogue's first doctor is hired by 2-year village subscription, effective May 16, 1840-May 16, 1842, to tend the ill on a per family yearly contribution rate, set by each family, at the end of which period he decided to stay and live in the village. 
  • "Sag-Harbor Tippecanoe Club.  Member of this Association Will Meet at the Suffolk House, To-Morrow Evening, Thursady the 17th inst. at 7 o'clock.  Great Long Island Meeting at Patchogue!!"  [Sag Harbor] Corrector, September 16, 1840:  p. 3.
  • "Mr. Webster's Speech, Delivered at Patchogue, Sept. 22d, 1840.  Concluded."  [Sag Harbor] Corrector, October 17, 1840:  n.p.
  • Horton, H.P.  "Daniel Webster at Patchogue."  Long Island Forum, 12(1) January 1949:  pp. 5, 14.  -- A well-advertised speech at Patchogue by this famous orator, in favor of William Henry Harrison's candidacy for U.S. President, boomerangs when Webster waxes on instead about L.I. as sportsman's paradise, loses his audience, and embarasses his publisher.
  • [Series of 8 numbered verbal sparring letters, with local oratorical opponents (who favor Martin van Buren), to and from Daniel Webster, often via go-betweens, extending invitations and disinivitations, i.e., courteous discourtesies, written during his stay in Patchogue, between September 23-25, 1840, appearing in the local press after he had left.]  [Sag Harbor] Corrector, October 7, 1840:  pp. [?].  -- Though his own speech fell flat, he was the verbal victor in this contest.
  • Barber, John W. and Henry Howe.  "View of Patchogue in Brookhaven, Long Island" [woodcut].  In Historical Collections of the State of New York.  Albany, NY; Port Washington, NY:  Kenikat Press, 1841.
  • "Agency for the West Cotton Factory, at Patchogue, L.I.:  Seine Twine, Carpet, and Yarn, for Sale at the Manufacturer's Prices.  Oct 21.  John K. Woolsey" [advertisement].  Long Islander, march 3, 1843:  p. 3.
  • Blanchard, Elizabeth Howell.  "Visiting Long Island Relatives, 1844." In Journeys on Old Long Island:  Travelers' Accounts, Contemporary Descriptions, and Residents' Reminiscences, 1744-1893, ed. by Dr. Natalie A. Naylor (A Long Island Studies Publication from Hofstra University).  Interlaken, NY:  Empire State Books, 2002:  p. 195. - a trip through Patchogue in a "pleasure wagon," with a description of its industry and scenery
  • "Millerism in Patchogue." Brooklyn Eagle, October 22, 1845:  p. 2.
  • Winsche, Richard A.  "Miller Mott, Patchogue Pioneer." Long Island Forum, 20(3) March 1957:  pp. 15-16. 
  • "Fires on Long Island."  Long Islander, May 16, 1845:  p. 2.
  • "Millerism at Patchogue."  Long Islander, October 31, 1845:  p. 1.

--  Mexican War, 1846-1848

  • [Room Lease (in Patchogue, NY), by the International Order of Odd Fellows, October 1, 1846] - original form, its handwritten completion + transcription
  • "For the Corrector:  New York and Offing Line Magnetic Telegraph."  [Sag Harbor] Corrector, December 9, 1846:  p. 2.  -- say that the above company is extending a telegraph line, along the L.I. R.R. line from Brooklyn to Yaphank, and then to the Fire Island Lighthouse, and urges local merchants to fund its continuation to Greenport [an active port on the North Fork] and Sag Harbor [an active U.S. ustoms port on the South Fork], which the company president, George M. Danforth, Esq. [think also of the Danforth Inn in Port Jefferson], is more than willing to do, for a tidy sum.  With the U.S.-Mexican War on, it is no wonder that there was a move on to encourage and strengthen internal communications, and to connect the ports by wire.
  • [Double Drownings in Patchogue Bay].  Long Islander, January 22, 1847:  p. 2.

--  1849-1860  [Antebellum Era]

          See also  L.I. - Patchogue - History - 1850 vertical file

                        L.I. - Patchogue - History - 1857 vertical file

                        L.I. - Patchogue - History - 1859 vertical file

  • "Fatal Casualty."  Brooklyn Eagle, November 5, 1851:  p. 3.  -- Grisly, accidental beheading of James Cochrane, fireman, at John Roe's Cotton Factory, Patchogue, while oiling the cogs of the water wheel
  • "Married" [James A. Kemp and Caroline A. Furman].  New York Times, July 8, 1852:  p. 4.
  • "Brooklyn City."  New York Times, September 15, 1852:  p. 3. -- First entry is about the Teacher's Association of Suffolk County meeting at Patchogue, on September 10th
  • "Shipbuilding at Patchogue, L.I." (Brooklyn City). New York Times, February 10, 1853:  p. 3. -- Hiram Girard boatyard, completing 2 clipper ships, Wild Pigeon and Sea Gull, for the Adams line
  • [Letter from D.W. Case to G. Miller and Tuthill, Attorneys at Law:  Decision Whether or not to Litigate; Or, "Case Law"?], Patchogue, NY:  David W. Case, February 12, 1855 - handwritten original + transcription
  • "Launch at Patchogue" [schooner John A. Stanley, at Oliver Perry Smith boatyard].  New York Times, August 3, 1855:  p. 8.
  • Long Island Politics (Long Island).  New York Times, October 18, 1856:  p. 8. -- a Mr. Jennings, of Patchogue, is nominated for the 1st Congressional District by the Know-Nothing Party 
  • "Long Island."  New York Times, January 5, 1857:  p. 6 - 2nd item:  arson:  B. Woodhull's cotton factory burns to the ground
  • "Sloop Capsizes and Two Lives Lost."  New York Times,  November 24, 1857:  p. 4.  -- oyster sloop Modesty; Capt. Canady, of Patchogue, and unnamed boy, lost 
  • [Smith Ruland's 12 year old daughter badly burned in school fire; life saved by William J. Horton, but girl is not expected to live.]  New York Times, December 23, 1857:  p. 5.
  • 1857 - A Mill Town, with Plenty of Employment
  • [John Donnelly stabbed by James Butler, whose house he'd invaded.]  New York Times, January 3, 1859:  p. 2.
  • "Inundation at Patchogue, L.I."  Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, April 2, 1859:  pp. 278-280.  3 woodcuts, showing flood of village, when dams burst
  • "Brooklyn Inteligence:  Exciting Time at Patchogue:  The Village Overflowed -- Great Destruction of Property."  New York Times, March 16, 1859:  p. 5.
  • "The Patchogue Calamity Exaggerated."  New York Times, March 19, 1859:  p. 1.
  • "The Case of James S. Williams:  Visit to the Condemned -- His History -- Condition of His Family." New York Times, March 28, 1860:  p. 8. 

--  Civil War, 1861-1865

 

---  General

---  Edenvale [historic village, near Patchogue]

  • "Military Matters on Long Island:  The Banner Town."  New York Times, August 12, 1862:  p. 8.  --  see last paragraph

---  Genealogy

---  Historic Images

---  Regimental histories  (Some of the regiments served by people recruited

            in Patchogue, N.Y.)

 

----  Artillery  [big guns]

----  Cavalry  [horse soldiers]

----  Infantry  [foot-soldiers]

----  Infantry brigade [a brigade was comprised of 2 or more regiments; the

              basic battlefield formation during most major Civil War land

              engagements] 

---  Grand Army of the Republic [GAR].  Richard J. Clark Post, No. 210  [

---  Monuments

  • Zinc Sculpture  (Smithsonian Institution.  Smithsonian Museum Conservation Institute) - Note that Fig. 2 is Patchogue's Civil War Monument, in front of the Vilage Hall; once the subject of theft, and later restoration 

---  Smith, Elizabeth Oakes

              See also  Literary History of Patchogue, NY web page

                                   Under  Smith, Elizabeth Oakes (Prince), 1806-1893 

                                              Smith, Seba, 1792-1868

  • "Sweet Maggie Turned Sour in Civil War."  Suffolk News, [May] 28, 1961:  [n.p.]

---  Suffolk Herald (Patchogue, NY)

  • "Not Secession." New York Times, August 29, 1861:  p. 1.

---  Union Meetings

  • "Patchogue..." (Friday, Oct. 14th. Union Meetings.  Meetings Appointed by the Union National and State Committees)."  New York Times, October 14, 1864:  p. 8.

--  1865-1897  [From Reconstruction to Reform, Gilded Age, Part 1] 

  • "Smithport:  The Village That Nearly Was:  Or, the Rhyme of the Ancient Settler -- April 17th, 1867."  Brookhaven (N.Y. : Town). 
  • "Early Patchogue History." Suffolk County Historical Society.  Register.  [n.d.] -- from Curtin's Business Directory of Long Island, 1868-1869
  • View Across Patchogue Lane - 1868 [photo, from Eagle Hotel, E. Main St., Patchogue, looking S.W.]
  • "Great Fire at Patchogue:  Granjeau & Ketcham's Cotton Batting Factory Destroyed -- Three Hundred Hands Thrown Out of Employment, Loss $20,000."  Brooklyn Eagle, February 28, 1871:  p. 8.
  • [October 2, 1872 Western Union Telegram from Connecticut - Notifies a Brother (Living in Patchogue), of His Father's Forthcoming Funeral] (Patchogue-Medford Library.  Celia M. Hastings Local History Room)
  • "Products and Peculiarities of Patchogue -- Matrimonial Misunderstandings -- A Visit to Madam Elizabeth Oakes Smith -- Fishing and Shooting -- The Country Editor's Pleasure and Profit, Etc." (On Long Island).  Brooklyn Eagle, September 10, 1873:  p. 1.
  • Bayles, Tomas R. "Patchogue." In Brookhaven Villages of 1874.  [Patchogue?, NY:]  Brookhaven (N.Y.:  Town).  Bicentennial Commission, 1976.
  • "Ads Recall Patchogue in 1875 (Footnotes of L.I. History).  Patchogue Advance, August 10, 1950:  [n.p.]
  • Federal Legislation Surrounding a Local Petition and Congresional Motion to Make Patchogue a U.S. Port of Entry and Delivery, 1874-1875, comp by Mark Rothenberg  (Patchogue-Medford Library.  Celia M. Hastings Local History Room)
  • "Justus Roe & Sons, Est. 1876:  Second Oldest Pat. Business."  L.I. Advance, April 1, 1971:  59.
  • Reminiscences of Patchogue, by Rev. Benjamin Franklin Reeve, at the Centennial Celebration, July 4th, 1876.  6 p.
  • "Patchogue Fifty Years Ago and To-Day" (Historical).  Patchogue Advance, December 27, 1889:  [n.p.].
  • "Patchogue Escaped a Night Flood:  A Break in the Lake Dam Discovered and Stopped by Sandbags." New York Times, July 5, 1895:  p. 5. 
  • "Patchogue's New Postmaster:  A Native of the Village and a Veteran of the Civil War."  Brooklyn Eagle, June 2, 1900:  p. 16. -- E.A. Cowles
  • "Exercises at Patchogue:  A Parade and Public Meeting -- Address by General Isaac S. Catlin."  Brooklyn Eagle, May 30, 1885:  p. 1.
  • "Resorts on Long Island:  The Summer Attractions of Patchogue and Bellport:  Suffolk County's Metropolis [Patchogue] at Its Best -- An Old Town Whose Youth has Been Renewed -- Its Local Enterprises -- Beauties of the Smaller Village."  Brooklyn Eagle, July 31, 1887:  p. 14. 
  • "Abigail Tuthill Smith, Patchogue"  (Venerable Long Islanders, Interesting Reminiscences of Some Old Residents:  Over Three Score and Ten:  Mrs. Smith and Deacon Howell, 96; Mrs. Blydenburgh and Uncle Tommy, 95; Mr. Jurvis, 93; Mrs. Hendrickson, Mr. Dorlon and Mr. Wilson, 92; Mrs. Sherman, 91; Mrs. Griffith, 90; and Mrs. Benjamin, 88).  Brooklyn Eagle, July 7, 1895:  p. 8 [et seq.].

---  PML Catalog Sampler:

--  Spanish-American War, 1898

-- 1899-1916  [Gilded Age, Part 2]

 

--  World War, 1914-1918

 

---  General

---  Naval aspects

  • Hebe  (U.S.  Navy Department.  Naval Historical Center.  Naval History & Heritage Command.  Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships)
  • Little Brothers (U.S.  Navy Department.  Naval Historical Center.  Naval History & Heritage Command.  Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships)
  • Little Sisters (U.S.  Navy Department.  Naval Historical Center.  Naval History & Heritage Command.  Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships)
  • Nemesis (U.S. Navy Department.  Naval Historical Center.  Naval History & Heritage Command.  Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships)
  • Patchogue [I] (U.S.  Navy Department.  Naval Historical Center.  Naval History & Heritage Command.  Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships)
  • Patchogue (American Steam Ferryboat, 1912).  Served as USS Patchogue (ID # 1227, later YFB-1227) in 1917-1922 (U.S.  Navy Department.  Naval Historical Center.  Naval History & Heritage Command.  Online Library of Selected Images - Civilian Ships) 

---  PML Catalog Sampler:

--  1919-1929  [Roaring Twenties]

 

---  Prohibition Era & Rum Running, 1919-1933

  • "Federal Agents and Local Police Make Raid on Fred Thurber's Shop:  Prohibition Men  Pay Second Visit -- Find Slot Machine and Call Local Officers -- Held on Two Counts."  Patchogue Advance, October 30, 1931:  p. 1.
  • "Federal Men Raid Malt Shop Here and Bellport Drug Store:  Rough Rider Clashes with Lawyer Schoenfeld -- Is Arrested and Reprimanded:  Shackman and Lucas are Held in Bail of $1,000 Each for Federal Court Appearance in Brooklyn as Result of Dry Agents' Visit Here Yesterday Afternoon."  Patchogue Advance, January 20, 1933:  pp. 1, 4.
  • "Repeal Came Quietly:  Tuesday was Just Another Day So Far as Local Observance Went."  Suffolk County News, December 8, 1933:  p. 1.

 

---- PML Catalog Sampler:

--  1930-1939  [Great Depression]

 

--  World War, 1939-1945

 

--- Home Front [morale boosters]

---  Legion d'Honeur [France]

  • Patchogue World War II Hero Awarded with French Legion of Honor (Congressman Tim Bishop) - Salvatore Sepulveda, who particupated in the Normandy Invasion in June 1944, and served as a scout, and had been awarded the Bronze Star by the U.S. government, was one of the first WW II veterans to be awarded France's highest honor.  Mr. Sepulveda's American service medals are also enumerated.

---  Naval aspects

 

--  1945-1950  [Growth of Suburbia, Baby Boom, Dawn of the Cold War]

  • "Little Local News was Printed in the 1870's" ("Uncle Zeke's Conscience" was Front Page).  Patchogue Advance, December 5, 1946:  [n.p.]

--  Korean War, 1950-1953

 

--  1950-1959  [Eisenhower Era]

 

--  1960-1969  [Kennedy-Johnson-Nixon Era, Age of Causes, Polarization,

                      Turmoil]

 

--  Vietnamese Conflict, 1965-1975

--  1970-1979  [Generation X, Lunar Landing, Age of Nixon and Carter]

 

--  1980-1989  [Age of Automation, and of Reagan]

 

--  1990-1999  [Early Internet, Age of Speculation]

 

--  2000-Present  [Age of 9-11, Hand-Held Communications, Terror, & Dire

                                  Predictions] 

 

---  U.S.-Afghan War, 2001-Present

 

---- Murphy, Lt. Michael Patrick, 1976-2005  [U.S. Navy Seal;  posthumous

                recipient of the Congressional Medal of Honor for valor in

                Afghanistan; Patchogue Post Office was renamed in his honor, in

                2006]

----  PML Catalog Sampler:

--- Bishop, Staff Sgt. Keith [Patchogue High School graduate, kia in

             Afghanistan, with U.S. special forces; recipient of bronze star, U.S.

             Army Medal of Commendation for Valor, among other recognitions]

---  9/11/01 Remembrances

 

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