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AMERICA'S 250TH
Quogue Library Celebrates
From John Ogden’s 1659 purchase of Quawcanantucke from Sachem Wyandanch of the Montauk tribe, Quogue’s history highlights everything
Come in and connect local history with national history by exploring:
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Colonial and Revolutionary-era life on eastern Long Island.
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The role of the Shinnecock people before and during European settlement.
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How Quogue evolved from a colonial settlement into a modern community.
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The 1822 schoolhouse as a window into education in the early years of the United States.
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Long Island's role in the Revolutionary War, including events elsewhere on the island such as the Battle of Long Island and the activities of the Culper Spy Ring.
In celebration of America’s 250th anniversary, visit the library and find a great read about the Declaration of Independence, adopted on July 4, 1776.
from early hunting and fishing to shipwrecks—Quogue Library has the original anchor from the ill-fated Nahum Chapin, 1898.
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The library property includes Quogue's first schoolhouse, built in 1822, one of the oldest surviving schoolhouses in Suffolk County. It was moved to the library grounds in 1948 and now operates as a museum through the Quogue Historical Society.
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The Quogue Historical Society itself began as the Historical Committee of the library in 1947, creating a longstanding partnership between the library and local historical preservation.
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Quogue's history reaches back to the colonial period. The area was settled by English colonists in the 17th century, and several of the village's founding families lived there during the decades leading up to the American Revolution.
Left: Old cedar tree, north side of Montauk Highway. The Quogue Purchase Treaty was signed under this tree in 1659 by John Ogden and Chief Wyandanch of the Montauk Indians
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