Look at this Rye Halloween relic… a video compilation of Halloween window painting along Purchase Street back from the 1960s. Goes to show just how seriously we take our traditions […]
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Moving American History in Rye: Saturday Tour of Mile Marker 25
The City Council has scheduled a visit to Ben Franklin's mile marker 25 located on Boston Post Road and Old Boston Post Road for this Saturday, October 1st, at 11:00 a.m. […]
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Jay Center Receives Historic 1797 John Jay Letter @ NY Harbor
(PHOTO: John Adler, formerly of Rye, has donated a letter written by John Jay in 1797 when he was NY governor about the protection of NY harbor, to the Jay […]
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Friends of the African American Cemetery Fight Hate the “Solidarity Saturday”
Just a few weeks ago, the African American Cemetery in Rye (part of the Greenwood Cemetery) was vandalized just before Memorial Day ceremonies with the hate mongers stripping the American […]
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Rye History for President’s Day / Week
Given yesterday was President's Day, we thought a review of the intersection of American Presidential history and Rye history was appropriate: RYE AND THE AMERICAN PRESIDENCY: IT'S MILLER TIME IN […]
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Rye Historical Society Annual Walking Tour – Estates of Grace: Religion in Rye
The Rye Historical Society's annual walking tour is this coming Sunday, with a focus on religion in Rye: Sunday, October 4 from 11:30 am – 3:30 pm The Rye Historical […]
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George Washington’s Rye History Enhanced by MyRye.com
We enjoy the intersection of American history and Rye City here at MyRye.com. As a consequence, we were heartened when George Washington's Mt. Vernon estate accepted a bit of George […]
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Rye’s John Jay and the Treaty of Paris
(PHOTO: Paris Treaty stone marker.) Suzanne Clary over at Jay Heritage is hitting the history books hard today… it must be back to school: On this Day in Paris – September […]
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The Jay House and the Great September Gale
(PHOTO: Con Edison's tree crews trimming limbs at the Jay Estate yesterday.) Suzanne Clary over at the Jay Heritage Center sent over this piece of history today: This Day in Rye […]
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The Jay House and the Great September Gale
(PHOTO: Con Edison's tree crews trimming limbs at the Jay Estate yesterday.) Suzanne Clary over at the Jay Heritage Center sent over this piece of history today: This Day in Rye […]