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Remembering Otto Hermann Kahn,  One of Long Island’s Stellar Citizens©

Remembering Otto Hermann Kahn, One of Long Island’s Stellar Citizens©

By Frank Amoroso* February 2014 This Friday, February 21st, marks the anniversary of the 147th birthday of one of Long Island’s most famous, yet all but forgotten, citizens. During his life, Otto Hermann Kahn...

The Village of Kinderhook 1609 – 1976 ©

The Village of Kinderhook 1609 – 1976 ©

The American Revolution Bicentennial Administration designated Kinderhook Village a “Bicentennial Community” in January 1976. The Kinderhook Village Bicentennial Committee published a brochure in commemoration of our Nation’s 200th Birthday on July 4, 1976. This...

CENTENARY OF THE FIRST INTERNATIONAL  EUGENICS CONFERENCE MARKS POTENTIAL FOR EVIL TODAY©

CENTENARY OF THE FIRST INTERNATIONAL EUGENICS CONFERENCE MARKS POTENTIAL FOR EVIL TODAY©

By Frank Amoroso* July 2012             As the world watches London host the 2012 Olympics, there is another event of note that took place in London one hundred years ago. This month marks the...

Reflections on Political Courage and the 1912 Presidential Campaign ©

Reflections on Political Courage and the 1912 Presidential Campaign ©

  The Day Presidential Candidate Theodore Roosevelt Took a Bullet and Continued to Campaign©* By Frank Amoroso** October 14, 2012 While the 2012 Presidential Election campaign has been marked by petty parsing of every...