We take a look back at the Revolutionary War on Long Island, courtesy of the Brentwood Public Library and the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History. Peter Ward, the library's local history librarian, served as host. The Institute funded it; Peter Carmona, librarian trainee, recorded it. Historians Joanne Grasso of NYIT and Peter Bales of Queensboro Community College were the experts on the panel along with Chris Kretz, who mixed the whole thing down into bite sized pieces for your enjoyment.

Further Research

• Revisiting the Founding Era
• Local History Room
• Dr. Peter Bales
  • A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the 21st Century (2017)
• Dr. Joanne Grasso
  • George Washington's 1790 Grand Tour of Long Island (2018)
  • The American Revolution on Long Island (2016)
• Histories of Long Island (via WorldCat)
• British Prison Ships (podcast from the Bklyn Historical Society)
• Brentwood Public Library
  • Average Brentwood Teens Podcast
• Brentwood Historical Society