Join us for our October book club featuring bestselling author Brian Kilmeade’s newly released book, Teddy and Booker T: How Two American Icons Blazed a Path for Racial Equality. The book examines a pivotal time in American history, when these two iconic figures, President Theodore Roosevelt and Booker T. Washington, worked together to combat injustice and advance civil rights for Black Americans.  

The book is now available at the Northport-East Northport Public Library. Thank you to the librarians at the Northport-East Northport Public Library for their efforts in coordinating the books.

Free Event | All Ages Welcome

Refreshments will be served.

Northport Historical Society Executive Director Terry Reid takes you on a guided tour of Northport Rural Cemetery to learn about gravestone symbology, and the history behind some of Northport’s most notable citizens who are buried there.

Tour meets at the Northport Rural Cemetery (23 Sandy Hollow Road) and is approximately 1.5 hours

 Due to the terrain, this is not a handicap accessible event.

Limited Space | Adults Recommended

In honor of Veteran’s Day, the Northport Historical Society presents a panel discussion with Vietnam veterans Jack McLean and Joan Furey. These esteemed veterans will reflect on their experiences in the trenches as well as their powerful journeys of recovery and advocacy in the years since. The program will be moderated by veteran Alan Vitters, Vice President of the Northport Historical Society Board of Trustees.

Jack McLean is a bestselling author who served in the United States Marine Corps from 1966 to 1968. He became the first Vietnam veteran admitted to Harvard University and went on to write two acclaimed memoirs about his wartime experiences, Loon: A Marine Story and Found: A Veteran Story.

Joan Furey served as a Lieutenant with the Army Nurse Corps in Vietnam from 1969 to 1970. Throughout her distinguished career she worked tirelessly to advocate for PTSD treatment and women veterans’ health at the Department of Veterans Affairs. She was the founding Director of the Department’s Center for Women Veterans, and was featured in the Ken Burns-Lynn Novick documentary, “The Vietnam War.”

Photos: Joan Furey (c) Chris Domurat; Jack McLean (c) Jesse Rinks Photography

On exhibit now:

The History of our Main Street