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County: Nassau

Joseph Lloyd Manor

Jupiter Hammon’s residence, Lloyd Manor, is a historic house museum. Tours are given from June until September. Hammon was a slave of the Lloyd family of Oyster Bay and is considered to be the first black writer to be published in America.

Roslyn Cemetery

Roslyn Cemetery, is the final resting place of William Cullen Bryant, Christopher Morley, Parke Godwin, and Frances Eliza Hodgson Burnett.

Confrontation

The prize-winning literary journal published at Long Island University’s C.W. Post Campus, Confrontation features original stories and poems in addition to special supplements.