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  • Woodlawn Honors Veterans in the Community at 97th Annual Memorial Day Service at Woodlawn Heights War Memorial

    Dedicated on July 4, 1925, the Woodlawn Heights War Memorial was erected in honor of those who valiantly served our country in the First World War.  The Stony Creek granite monument, located at East 238th Street and Oneida Avenue, depicts a pedestal topped with a ball and eagle.  The bronze plaques list the names of those …
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  • Head Outside to Embrace National Great Outdoors Month

    National Great Outdoors Month is celebrated each year in June.  National Great Outdoors Month aims to encourage people to get outside and contribute to the preservation of natural spaces.  The month-long celebration inspires people to enjoy the world we live in by exercising, volunteering, or just enjoying nature.  During National Great Outdoors Month, we celebrate our nation’s vast …
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  • Flags for Every Hero: Flagging Tradition at Woodlawn

    Observed on the last Monday of May, Memorial Day is a day of remembrance for those who have died in service to our country.  Originally known as Decoration Day, the idea took root during the American Civil War when citizens placed flowers on the graves of those who had been killed in battle.  After the First World …
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  • Bridge to Crafts Careers Masonry Restoration Interns Discover the Granite that Built New York at Stony Creek Quarry

    Stony Creek Quarry is the last of a dozen quarries that at one time lined the Connecticut coastline.  Located in Branford, Connecticut the quarry grew out of the unusual pink granite underlying its soil.  Stony Creek Quarry is said to be the home of the granite that made New York.  Some of America’s most renowened …
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  • The Birds of Woodlawn: Audubon Society Joins Spring Bird-Watching Tour

    Birds play countless roles in maintaining the Earth’s biological diversity.  Not only do birds birds provide services to the ecosystem as pollinators, seed distributors, and scavengers, but also they teach us appreciation of natural diversity.   Raising awareness about bird conservation, therefore, is promoting awareness of environmental issues. The Audubon Society is an American nonprofit environmental …
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  • Untermyer Gardens: Bridge to Crafts Careers Interns Keep America’s Greatest Garden Beautiful

    Nestled on a hill overlooking the Hudson River, Yonkers’ Untermyer Gardens has been described as  America’s greatest forgotten estate garden.  This property was originally built in 1865 for hat manufacturer John Waring as “Greystone,” a 99-room granite mansion.  Prominent lawyer and civic leader Samuel Untermyer purchased the estate of Greystone in 1899.  16 years later, …
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  • Get to Know Woodlawn, Bronx

    Bordered on the north by Yonkers, on the east by Wakefield, and on the south and west by verdant Van Cortland Park, Woodlawn, sometimes called Woodlawn Heights, is the heart of New York’s Irish American population.  At the very north end of the Bronx, this woodsy neighborhood is often dubbed “Little Ireland.” Woodlawn’s strong Irish …
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