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August 23rd marks the 98th anniversary of the execution of Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti.

The Bomb is a podcast about the creation of atomic bombs during World War Two.

The Bowery Boys is an interesting podcast about New York City history. The hosts are Tom Meyers and Greg Young. The episodes I listened to are about Freedomland U.S.A.

Crestwood Library hosted an evening excursion to the site of the current Paideia School 15 on July 8, 2025 to recognize the close ties that the library has had with the school since the early 1920s.

As a student of medieval history, when I first heard the summer reading theme “Color Our World,” I could not help but think of the beautiful and vibrant heraldry system of the Middle Ages.

On June 20th, Yonkers Crestwood Public Library and Yonkers Neighborhood Naturally Occurring Retirement Community (NNORC) collaborated, offering the

Action Park was a notorious amusement park that was known for dangerous rides and attractions.

The City of Yonkers is proud to be designated an American World War II Heritage City by the National Park Service’s American World War II Heritage Cities program.

Bob Abate is a Fordham University alumni and veteran that interviewed over one hundred World War Two combat veterans. They fought at Pearl Harbor, D-Day, the Bulge, Iwo Jima, Okinawa, and many other engagements.

Melvin Goldstein was a medic with the United States Army from Army from 1946 to 1947. During his service, he was stationed in the Philippines. While he was there, he photographed World War Two battlefields in Corregidor and Manila.

Colonel Ray L. Trautman was Chief Army Librarian of the US Army during World War Two.

During the 

Black History Year is a black history podcast about activists and thinkers left out of mainstream conversations.

You don’t have to visit the library to do serious research into African American studies! Historic materials are being digitized and made available every year, so historians and genealogists can find new answers to old questions.