The average person who lived in Europe in the Middle Ages knew but little, and all he did know came from the lips of others who knew as little as he. Even those who could read and write were steeped in superstition.
Whitney Donhauser, President and Ronay Menschel Director of the Museum of the City of New York, was the recipient of the 2022 Gold Medal for Distinguished Contributions to the City of New York at the Holland Society.
Franklin Delano Roosevelt, the 32nd President of the United States and former Governor of New York, died on April 12, 1945, at Warm Springs, GA. A renowned statesman and humanitarian, he had been a member of the Holland Society for thirty-five years.
The Lenni Lenape and possibly the Mahicans welcomed Europeans upon their arrival in the area between New England and Virginia, as recounted by a Delaware Indian's traditional narrative.
1909 Three Hundred Years Ago in New Amsterdam by Ottomar H. Van Norden de Halve Maen July 1949 Three hundred and forty years ago (July 29, 1609), a battle
History records a number of stirring events of three centuries ago in New Netherlands. It was in 1655 that the Indians went on rampage killing scores of settlers at Pavonia and other places.
Correspondence between the Holland Society and the White House during times of war or between Presidents who were members of the Holland Society.
Contrary to popular belief, the royal sport of golf wasn't introduced to America by Scots, but by the Dutch. Peter Stuyvesant even prohibited its play on city streets in New Netherland.
400 years ago: Peace was concluded with the Long Island and River Indians on August 30, 1645, at Bowling Green, ending the bloody war begun by Director Kieft’s attack on the Algonquins. Kieft and Domine Bogardus later clashed.
In search of my ancestral roots, I traveled to The Netherlands in late June 2019 with my wife, Cheryl, to visit my ancestral home in a tiny village called Schoonrewoerd.
