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Tagged: Puerto Rico

More Tales from the Archives: Puerto Rico and the US Military | Episode 108

Join us for part two of our conversation with archivist Dennis Riley of the New York State Archive. Dennis will share his research into the treasure trove of materials related to Puerto …

  • Brooklyn Navy Yard
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Tales from the Archives: The Puerto Rican Experience Reflected in Federal Records | Episode 74

Government records are not just the stuff of bureaucratic nightmares. While created to serve agency functions, federal records can also reveal very personal stories. Dennis Riley, an archivist at the …

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100 Years of Refuge at the Brooklyn Army Terminal

The Brooklyn Army Terminal was designed for war, a massive warehouse and port facility to receive, store, process, and ship war materiel to points around the globe. But the Terminal …

  • Brooklyn Army Terminal
  • Waterfront
  • World War I
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Immigrants Who Made the Brooklyn Navy Yard Great: Frederick Louis Riefkohl

Frederick Louis Riefkohl (1889–1969) The histories of Puerto Rico and of the US military are deeply intertwined, and much of that history runs through the career of Frederick Louis Riefkohl, the …

  • Brooklyn Navy Yard
  • World War I
  • World War II

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