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Part of a 1996 sculpture by Ed Dwight

History Revolution's unseen rebels

Francis Lewis, left, and William Floyd, two Long

History They signed for independence

In a 19th-Century engraving, British troops retreat while

History On the verge of war

A magazine illustration shows Capt. William Kidd's men

History The legend of Captain Kidd

A watercolor made before 1664 shows New Amsterdam

History The Dutch and English settle colonial LI

In Robert Gaston's 1939 mural, Richard Smith rides

History Learn the legend behind an LI town's name

Accusations fly in an illustration of the 1692

History Before Salem, LI held its own witch trials

Library information science graduate student Wendy Ambrozewicz and

History Preserving LI’s history in the digital age

This illustration by Newsday's Bob Newman depicts big-game

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History The first Long Islanders

A Thomas Jefferson painting by Charles Wilson Peale

History Jefferson’s lost legacy

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