Long Island and Whaling Lecture - 27 East

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Long Island and Whaling Lecture

Description:

Historian, author and retired Newsday reporter, Bill Bleyer, gives a presentation about Long Island’s whaling history spanning from the Native Americans who hunted whales offshore from canoes, to the first whaling companies in America in Southampton, to the rise of industrial-scale whaling in Sag Harbor, Greenport and Cold Spring Harbor and much, much more.

This program is FREE – Wednesday, October 22, 2025, 11:00am-12:30pm

RSVP is welcome but not required.

When:

Wed, Oct 22, 2025 11:00 AM to 12:30 PM

Where:

  • Southampton History Museum
  • 17 Meeting House Lane, Southampton, NY, USA

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