1060 Oregon Road, Cortlandt Manor On September 4, 1949, a concert for the Harlem chapter of the Civil Rights Congress, featuring Paul Robeson and hosted and chaired by author Howard Fast, took place on the grounds of what had been and would later re-emerge as the Hollow Brook Golf Course. The concert began and ended… Continue reading Hollow Brook Golf Course (Peekskill Riots)
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The Death House, Sing Sing Correctional Facility (Execution of Ethel and Julius Rosenberg)
354 Hunter Street, Ossining A little after 8 p.m. on June 19, 1953, New York State executed Julius and Ethel Rosenberg in the death house at Sing Sing Correctional Facility for crimes of espionage conspiracy. Smoke rose from Ethel’s head after five electrical pulses rushed through her veins. There may not have been a more… Continue reading The Death House, Sing Sing Correctional Facility (Execution of Ethel and Julius Rosenberg)
