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Long Island History Day | Long Island History Day
Grant Year: 2025
Long Island History Day is the regional contest for the National History Day Competition. Students across Long Island spend months preparing projects that showcase their historical research related to an annual theme set by National History Day (NHD). For 2025, the theme was: “Rights and Responsibilities in History.” There are two divisions: Junior (grades 6-8) and Senior (grades . . .
The Association of Public Historians of NYS Conference
Grant Year: 2025
The Association of Public Historians of NYS held a very successful conference in Port Jefferson, gathering together municipal historians from all over New York for several days. The conference which is an annual event that travels to a different section of the state every year. It had been ten years since the last conference held on Long Island, and with the rising prices we would have not been able to afford having the conference here without the help of the RDLG Foundation grant.
Musical Masterworks: John Monteleone's Guitars and Other Instruments
The Long Island Museum is proud to announce the opening of its latest exhibition, Musical Masterworks: John Monteleone's Guitars and Other Instruments on May 23, 2024. This major retrospective and groundbreaking exhibition celebrates the life and work of one of America's most talented and renowned makers of archtop guitars, John Monteleone. From his 2,400-square-foot workshop in Islip, . . .
The New York Historical | New York, NY
Grant Year: 2025
The New York Historical is dedicated to increasing worldwide understanding of American history through exhibitions, public programs, online outreach, and research that reveal the dynamism of history and its influence on the world today. New York’s first museum, we are a leading cultural institution documenting over 400 years of American history through a peerless collection of art, documents, and . . .
Historic Tavern House at the Humes Preserve | Mill Neck, NY.
Grant Year: 2023
The North Shore Land Alliance is honored to have been awarded a grant through the Robert David Lion Gardiner Foundation for the adaptive reuse of the historic Tavern House located within the Humes Preserve. This historic structure in Mill Neck can be traced back to the mid-1700s with the wood-framed Tavern House, serving as a tavern, farmhand quarters, and a guest cottage and summer home for Ambassador . . .
