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William Rose Benet

(1886-1950) Poet, editor. William Rose Benet was born in Fort Hamilton, New York. He graduated from Yale in 1907, held several positions in the publishing field, and in 1920 became associate editor of the Literary Review of the New York Post. Four years later he resigned to become one of the founders of the Saturday … Continued

Oyster Bay Historical Society

The Society’s sworn duty is to collect, preserve, and make accessible to everyone artifacts, books, documents, records, photographs and other materials pertinent to the history and development of the hamlet of Oyster Bay, New York. The Society looks to stimulate and educate the community through exhibitions, programs, and publications designed to interpret our past, to … Continued