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Cemeteries were segregated in America until the mid-20th century. Even black veterans of America’s armed conflicts were dishonored when buried. Today, Mount Moor Cemetery...
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Undercliff, the iconic 22-room, Gilded Age mansion at 649 N. Broadway in Upper Nyack that was built in 1885 by Arthur C. Tucker, lasted...
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Peter Williamson died in Upper Nyack in January, 1886. He was said to be the last living person in Rockland County born in bondage....
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by Bill Batson This Veterans Day, November 11, at 9:30am, The Village of Nyack will rededicate the community space at the corner of Main...
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by Mike Hays The story of the Waldron family of Central Nyack is like a northern version of Gone With the Wind. The family’s...
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by Mike Hays The Gettysburg Address, given by Abraham Lincoln on Nov. 19, 1863, looms large in our national imagination, but is, in reality,...
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by Mike Hays Peter Williamson died in Upper Nyack in January, 1886. He was said to be the last living person in Rockland County...
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by Mike Hays Meet the man responsible for one of the possible legends behind Upper Nyack’s pet moniker, Goosetown. Meet an orphan, inventor, soldier,...
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by Mike Hays Rivercliff is the third of Nyack People & Places’ Barons of Broadway series, tracing how Upper Nyack farmland was converted to...
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Revisiting an iconic photograph of Nyack’s ultimate 4th of July celebration 100 years ago by Mike Hays On a steamy 4th of July 100 years...