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Learning about Fort Massapeag
2025+
Learning about Fort Massapeag
Hidden in Massapequa: Finding Fort Massapeag Project
Site Signage, Historical Website, and Visual Narrative Book
Hidden in Massapequa: Finding Fort Massapeag Project
Site Signage, Historical Website, and Visual Narrative Book
The goal of the project is to help the community better understand the history and efforts of concerned scholars, preservationists, historians, and officials at the Town of Oyster Bay – all who worked to help rescue and preserve Fort Massapeag in the history of Massapequa and the United States.
DiMarco worked with the New York State Museum in Albany, the Garvies Point Museum in Glen Cove, and The Queensborough Public Library Archives for over a year to write and create a deep visual historical account of Fort Massapeag from the 1600s through the 2025's. The research was translated into signage that identifies Fort Massapeag as a National Historic Landmark. The signage links to this website, www.massapequapress.com created by DiMarco, offering an interactive pathway to learning about Fort Massapeag history and chronicles efforts to preserve and explore the rich history of this special location.
In summer 2025, with the support and approval of the Town Supervisor Joseph Saladino and TOBAY Official Boards, the DiMarco Family donated a sign at the Historic Landmark Spot on Fairfax and Gloucester Roads that identifies and chronicles the fort's incredible community history through this website. The Fort Massapeag site educational materials will continue to educate the community on the historic contact at Fort Neck.
In addition to this educational resource, a 150+ page full color coffee table size book: "Hidden in Massapequa: Unearthing Fort Massapeag" written and designed by Dr. John DiMarco is due out in 2026 with proceeds of sales used to donate copies to Massapequa Schools and Libraries. The historic Massapequa book expands on this website content offering extended passages and an expanded library of over 40 high resolution large format images of the history, artifacts, documents, and people connected to Fort Massapeag's existence throughout the 19th, 20th, and 21st centuries.
Support for Fort Massapeag Education
Support for Fort Massapeag Education
Dr. DiMarco worked with the Queensborough Public Library Archives, The New York State Museum at Albany, Garvies Point Museum, and locally with TOBAY officials to continue the stewardship of Fort Massapeag on this project. The collective mission was to maintain and perpetuate Massapequa history. Since the 1920s, vigilant researchers, concerned preservationists, and TOBAY officials have worked to preserve the Fort Massapeag site. The next chapter in the story is educating next generations about the important history of Fort Massapeag – A National Historic Landmark in Massapequa, NY and the only archaeologically significant Indigenous Fort in Nassau County.
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