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Southampton Remembers September 11, 2001 - 25 Years Later

Detail from a Southampton Fire Department Helmet. (Southampton History Museum Collection) A quarter century after the September 11, 2001 attacks, Americans remember the day that changed the nation forever. The Southampton History Museum remembers the day and honors the hundreds of first responders and the thousands of other victims who lost their lives. As America marks the 25th anniversary of that day, there is a tangible memorial at the Southampton Fire Department, acknowle

Stephen Gould

Sep 111 min read

"Good God, what brave fellows I must this day lose!" The Battle of Brooklyn at 250

Washington's Retreat at Long Island. August 1776. Copy of engraving by J. C. Armytage after Wageman, published circa 1860. (The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library Digital Collections) Joseph Reed, General George Washington's aide-de-camp, recalled these anguished remarks by Washington as the general watched the Continental Army retreat from Gowanus Heights in Brooklyn on August 27, 1776. The fight

Exhibits

Stephen Gould

Aug 274 min read

"The whites of their eyes!"

The Battle of Bunker Hill, on June 17, 1775 was the latest in a string of miscalculations made by the British government, ultimately leading to the American Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776.

Exhibits

Stephen Gould

Jun 184 min read

HENRY E. COE (1856-1933) AND HIS COACHING SCRAPBOOKS

Recently, the Southampton History Museum acquired two remarkable scrapbooks in which a Southampton summer resident recorded the activities—in Southampton and beyond--of participants in one of the most fashionable sports of the Gilded Age. The photos and yellowed newspaper clippings filling the pages of this generous donation—for which we have Richard (Dick) Nilsson to thank—are not devoted to tennis, golfing or polo contests as you might expect. They are rather devoted to “co

Mary Cummings

Mar 114 min read

An American Revolution

Although July 4, 1776, is the date most commonly associated with the American Revolution, open conflict began more than a year before in the colonies of Massachusetts and New York.

Stephen Gould

Jan 223 min read

Hearthside Cheer, December 20, 2025

Photos by Richard Lewin

Liana Mizzi

Jan 81 min read

Homefront to Battlefront: Bob Price’s Honored Sacrifice

A story of extraordinary courage, quiet determination, and ultimate sacrifice in the service of freedom during World War II.

Community

Stephen Gould

Dec 16, 20253 min read

"Clinton’s Ditch": The Erie Canal at 200

DeWitt Clinton mingling the waters of Lake Erie with the Atlantic by Philip Meeder (1826) ( New York Public Library via flickr.com ) Two hundred years ago, the Erie Canal was completed. It was a project so ambitious that many thought it foolhardy: building an massive artificial waterway some 363 miles across New York State that would connect the Hudson River at Albany and Lake Erie at Buffalo. The concept of the canal first emerged before the American Revolution , finally c

Stephen Gould

Oct 26, 20253 min read

Alonzo Foster: A Civil War Hero from Good Ground

October 15th was an important date for Alonzo Foster ( 1841–1913 ) of Good Ground (Hampton Bays): it was the day he was born in 1841, the day he married Georgianna Squires in 1865, and the day he volunteered for the Union Army in 1861. When Alonzo reported for duty, he was assigned to Company F of the 6th New York Cavalry , then forming on Staten Island. He fought with the 6th New York in some of the most significant battles in Virginia and Maryland. Alonzo's cap was shot

Community

Stephen Gould

Oct 15, 20252 min read

Homefront to Battlefront: Brothers in Arms

Heinz and Hans Wobst (Images courtesy David Wobst) Heinz and Hans Wobst were born in Dresden, Germany; Heinz in 1921 and Hans in 1922. Their parents came to America in 1923, eventually settling in Southampton, NY. Their father, Martin, found employment as a waiter and caretaker at the National Golf Club. On December 11, 1941, shortly after Imperial Japan attacked Pearl Harbor, Nazi Germany declared war on the United States. Alhough they were from Germany, the Wobst's loyalty

Articles

Stephen Gould

Sep 19, 20253 min read