“Plum Island Light, Long Island Sound, N.Y.” Circa 1910s. Postcard published by Hugh C. Leighton Co., Portland, ME. Museum Collection.

“Plum Island Light, Long Island Sound, N.Y.” Circa 1910s. Postcard published by Hugh C. Leighton Co., Portland, ME. Museum Collection.

An illustrated lecture by author Ruth Ann Bramson.

Sunday, July 28th. Time: 4 p.m. Place: Union Chapel.

Ms. Bramson’s talk will chronicle the history of neighboring Plum Island from the time of pre-colonial Indian settlement through to its interim use as a coastal defense fort and, more recently, as the site of a government research facility. She is currently co-writing a history of Plum and Great Gull islands. Ms. Bramson is a former president of the Oysterponds Historical Society in Orient, NY, and co-author of the award-winning biography: “Charles Henry Miller, N.A., Painter of Long Island.”

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