Jul 14 Jul 14 Yes, there is a mystique, more than money and celebrity, more than big houses and big lawns and a colorful history. Almost impossible to describe but here is my shot at it Michael Braverman
Oct 21 Oct 21 The 2013 house tour: doors open into five interesting houses, including one with connections to Anne Boleyn, another in the Bluff Road Historic District, and an offbeat beach house Michael Braverman
Jun 24 Jun 24 Their ancestors arrived here hundreds of years ago: the old families are an essential part of our communities. Histories and interviews with four of the oldest Michael Braverman
Oct 19 Oct 19 The East Hampton Historical Society’s annual Thanksgiving weekend house tour is set to go, starting with a cocktail party at a huge Queen Anne Style home in the estate area Michael Braverman
Aug 17 Aug 17 “What’s Cooking” an exhibit organized by the East Hampton Historical Society, shows how the quotidian tools of the kitchen have visual appeal even after centuries Michael Braverman
Jul 20 Jul 20 Eleven windmills still exist in the Hamptons, the largest group in the United States. For 2 ½ centuries they were an essential part of economic life here Michael Braverman
Jun 28 Jun 28 Commerce and a cosmopolitan world view shaped Sag Harbor: multicultural, prosperous, outward looking and international from its whaling days onward Michael Braverman
Jun 15 Jun 15 2010: The parades on July 4, 1916 and 1917 were quite different and far more political than the present day Michael Braverman
Jul 14 Jul 14 First things first: a beach club and a golf club but folks finally got around to health care. A quick history of Southampton Hospital Michael Braverman
Jun 19 Jun 19 A look at some of the sociological changes in the Hamptons over the centuries. For old families in particular not much changed until after WW2 Michael Braverman
May 20 May 20 New information comes to light on the Nazi saboteurs of 1942, but none of newly published accounts has gotten the story of the landing in Amagansett down correctly Michael Braverman
Jun 26 Jun 26 2008: every man in East Hampton signed a petition vowing “never to be enslaved” by the British. In 1776 they were forced to swear allegiance to the crown Michael Braverman
May 27 May 27 Sagaponack found its look by channeling the Cotswolds, and then found its independence by incorporating as a village. It even includes an important Long Island vineyard Michael Braverman
May 2 May 2 It devastated Eastern long Island and left 50 people dead, 29 of them in Westhampton. Even before Hurricane Sandy and what we now know about climate change, a warning Michael Braverman
Apr 28 Apr 28 Hamptons Magazine at thirty years old: why it was a risky undertaking at a time when the term “luxury goods” was not part of everyday life Michael Braverman
Jul 7 Jul 7 The Georgica Association: a brief history of one of the most sought after and expensive real estate locales in a part of the world where addresses make a critical social difference Michael Braverman
Jun 30 Jun 30 2007: We live free and we live here because of the local patriots who fought in the Revolution and the residents who endured martial law Michael Braverman
Jun 16 Jun 16 Two historic East Hampton inns: one now gone, the other flourishing because of an unexpected owner. The granddaughter of a Texas wildcatter, she has an Ivy League pedigree Michael Braverman
Jun 28 Jun 28 The settlement at Northwest with its school, warehouses and commercial life is long gone but the area is still beautiful and interesting and has a story to tell Michael Braverman
Dec 16 Dec 16 Our very own: the only known 18th century wig in America is in the East Hampton Historical Society collection. Michael Braverman
