BEACON RECORD The Village
Mount Sinai • Miller Place • Sound Beach • rocky Point • ShorehaM • Wading river • leiSure country June 4, 2015
volume 30, no. 45
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Culper Spy Day draws near
Also, ‘The Producers’ at the engeman, ‘Puss in Boots’ at Theatre Three
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Photo by Bill Landon
Mustangs crowned L.I. champs
in a game that went into sudden-death overtime, the Mount Sinai girls’ lacrosse team was able to walk away from the adelphi university field with a 10-9 win over cold Spring harbor to claim the long island class c crown. the Mustangs move on to the state semifinals Friday in cortland. See the story on page A11.
Singing to stomp out bullying
Anker announces winners of anti-bullying music video contest
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Miller Place, Mt. Sinai history in full view William Miller house will turn 300 in 2020 By erin dueñaS
As the Miller Place-Mount Sinai Historical Society gears up for another season of events showcasing what life was like hundreds of years ago, beginning this Saturday at its headquarters in the historic William Miller house, visitors will now have the chance to learn some Revolutionary War history just by checking out what is hanging from the clothesline on the grounds of the home. According to Ann Donato, vice president of the society, different items will be hung from the clothesline to serve as clues the community can decipher. The idea stems from the Revolutionary War-era activi-
ties of Setauket’s Anna Smith Strong, who hung clothes on a clothesline to send messages about the activities of the British, which then made their way to George Washington — then a general — as part of the famed Culper Spy Ring. “Our clothesline is a copycat to what Anna did on Long Island,” Donato said. “We want to use the laundry to convey contemporary messages to the community.” So far the society has hung plastic bags on the line as a message to stop littering and overalls hung upside down to indicate that the house is closed. “It’s drumming up curiosity about the house,” Donato said. The society will also host
Photo by erin Dueñas
the William Miller house now serves as the historical society’s headquarters.
a birthday party on July 12 in preparation for the Miller home’s 300th anniversary,
which will be in 2020. Originally built in 1720, the house HIsTORIC continued on page A8