Author Talk with Bill Bleyer: Long Island and the Civil War

Presented at NYC Parks Events, “Long Island and the Civil War” is a live talk that traces how the war touched the region in ways that still shape New York’s public memory. Featured performer Bill Bleyer draws on local history to connect battlefront events with home-front industry, politics, and everyday life across Long Island. The setting matters: a city park frames the past as a shared civic record rather than a museum piece. Its most useful move is narrowing the national story to specific places and names.