![The Story of Louis Weickum](https://hawksites.newpaltz.edu/historyinternships/wp-content/themes/oxygen/images/archive-thumbnail-placeholder.gif)
One interesting story I discovered from working at the SUNY Maritime Museum is that of Louis Weickum. I was working a lot on an exhibit…
![The Jacob Leisler Institute and the Journey of a Young Historian](https://hawksites.newpaltz.edu/historyinternships/wp-content/themes/oxygen/images/archive-thumbnail-placeholder.gif)
Recently at the Jacob Leisler Institute, I was given a burned document dating back to the late 17th century that was caught in the fire…
![My beginning at the Jacob Leisler Institute](https://hawksites.newpaltz.edu/historyinternships/wp-content/themes/oxygen/images/archive-thumbnail-placeholder.gif)
As a major history geek, I have visited many historic sites from Sagamore Hill on Long Island to the Gettysburg Battlefield, both of which brought…
![The Harambee Coalition, African Burial Ground, & the History of Africans in The Hudson Valley](https://hawksites.newpaltz.edu/historyinternships/wp-content/themes/oxygen/images/archive-thumbnail-placeholder.gif)
Upon obtaining an internship with the Harambee coalition at the Pine Street African Burial Ground in Kingston, I held an extremely optimistic view of the…
![Discovery at Locust Grove](https://hawksites.newpaltz.edu/historyinternships/wp-content/themes/oxygen/images/archive-thumbnail-placeholder.gif)
Interning at Locust Grove Estate in Poughkeepsie, New York, has given me the opportunity to uncover some fascinating stories about the property and those who…
![Gomez Mill House: Ecker's Reasoning](https://hawksites.newpaltz.edu/historyinternships/wp-content/themes/oxygen/images/archive-thumbnail-placeholder.gif)
As an intern at the Gomez Mill House site in Marlboro, New York, I was left with a variety of avenues to pursue regarding researching…
![Home of Franklin D. Roosevelt National Historic Site And National Archives](https://hawksites.newpaltz.edu/historyinternships/wp-content/themes/oxygen/images/archive-thumbnail-placeholder.gif)
First I would like to welcome everyone to the Franklin D. Roosevelt national historic site, located in Hyde Park in New York, right off Albany…
![The Reher Center For Immigrant Culture and History:Deeds and Building History](https://hawksites.newpaltz.edu/historyinternships/wp-content/themes/oxygen/images/archive-thumbnail-placeholder.gif)
Through the various projects and tasks that I have worked on at the Reher Center, I discovered a couple specific topics of interest that heightened…
![The Lost Legacy of Weeksville](https://hawksites.newpaltz.edu/historyinternships/files/2019/11/weeksville-new-2-470x140.jpg)
Between Bergen Street and Buffalo Avenue, in the crown heights region of Brooklyn, New York City, there lies a group of four colonial homes…
![Locust Grove Estate](https://hawksites.newpaltz.edu/historyinternships/wp-content/themes/oxygen/images/archive-thumbnail-placeholder.gif)
Locust Grove Estate, located in Poughkeepsie, New York, currently stands as a National Historic Landmark estate and offers a multitude of activities, including approximately five…