Join the Revolutionary Yonkers 250 Committee and the Yonkers Public Library to celebrate the 250th anniversary of the American Revolution, starting in fall 2025.
Find out more about the American Revolution in Yonkers and the surrounding area through these resources, available online and in the library!
1900 Church Year Book of the First Presbyterian Church of Yonkers, N. Y.
The Battle of Pell’s Point (or Pelham) October 18, 1776
Biographical History of Westchester County, New York. Illustrated. Volume I
Biographical History of Westchester County, New York. Illustrated. Volume II
Brass Buttons-Blue Coats: Remembering All Who Served. A Biographical and Pictorial History of the Yonkers New York Police Department and Those Who Served During the First 100 Years 1871 to 1971, in the library
Church and Sunday School Work in Yonkers: Its Origin and Progress, in the library and full text online
Church year book of the First Presbyterian Church of Yonkers, N.Y
Coming of Age -- in Yonkers, in the library
Death of A Library: An American Tragedy, in the library
A Documentary History of Yonkers, New York Pt. 1 The Unsettled Years, 1853-1860, in the library
A Documentary History of Yonkers, New York: Part 2: The Dutch, the English, and the Incorporated American Village, 1609- 1860, in the library
A Documentary History of Yonkers, New York: The formative years, 1820-1852, in the library
Dunwoodie: The History of St. Joseph's Seminary, in the library
Getty Square - The Village and Other Yonkers Memories, in the library
Ghosts and legends of Yonkers (Haunted America), in the library
The History and Historical Relics of Yonkers, on order
History of the County of Westchester, From Its First Settlement to the Present Time Volume II
History of the Crestwood, Yonkers (New York) Public Library, at the library
History of Westchester County New York, vols. 1-5, in the library and full text online.
History of Westchester County: New York, Including Morrisania, Kings Bridge and West Farms which have been annexed to New York City Volume 1 Part 2, in the library and full text online.
Indian Wars and the Uprising of 1655—Yonkers Depopulated
Landmarks Lost & Found: An Introduction to the Architecture and History of Yonkers, in the library
Life of George Washington by Washington Irving, in the library and full text online
Old Yonkers, 1646-1922: A Page of History
Papers Concerning the Town and Village of Yonkers
Paradise on the Hudson: The Creation, Loss and Revival of a Great American Garden, in the library
Philipse Manor Hall at Yonkers, NY: The Site, the Building and Its Occupants, in the library and full text online
Pillars of Yonkers, in the library
Popovers and Candlelight: Patricia Murphy and the Rise and Fall of a Restaurant Empire, in the library
Poverty and Patriotism of the Neutral Grounds
St Joseph’s Seminary, Dunwoodie, New York 1896-1921
Saturday Afternoons at the Itch, More Yonkers Memories, in the library
Show Me A Hero: A Tale of Murder, Suicide, Race and Redemption, in the library
Slovaks on the Hudson: Most Holy Trinity Church, Yonkers, & the Slovak Catholics of the Archdiocese of New York, 1894- 2000, in the library
A Study of African-American Life in Yonkers from the Turn of the Century, in the library
The History of Yonkers, Westchester County, New York, in the library
The Hudson River from Ocean to Source, in the library and full text online
The Lost City of Hip Hop, in the library
The New Parks Beyond The Harlem: with thirty illustrations and maps
Westchester-County, New York, During the American Revolution
Yonkers Illustrated, in the library and full text online
Yonkers in the Rebellion of 1861-1865: Including A History of the Erection Of The Monument To The Men Of Yonkers Who Fought To Save The Union, in the library and full text online
Yonkers in the Twentieth Century, in the library
Yonkers in the World War, in the library and full text online
Yonkers Then & Now, in the library