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The Floral Park Historical Society (FPHS) Docents Digest provides historical and current news of and about Floral Park New York.

Researchers and enthusiasts pen notable citizen spotlights from the past and present, illuminating the remarkable contributions that have created Floral Park as it exists today.

The Docents Digests publishes FPHS Events and meetings for the upcoming quarter, at which speakers give live presentations and current Floral Park Historical projects are conceived, planned and celebrated.

We thank our local sponsors and welcome new sponsors for the Docents Digest - your valuable contributions help make Floral Park what it is. For more information about our activities & FPHS collectibles, please e-mail anncorbett@corbettpr.com or call (516) 532-1518)

Docents Digest Newsletter Highlights

FPHS Docents Digest Winter Edition 2025-2026

- President’s Message

- The Antique Roadshow - “FPHS STYLE”

- The Shelter House at The Recreation Center

- A Date Which will Live in Infamy

- A Irma Goldsmith’s Letter to Her Father - An Archival Treasure
- A Tribute to the “Founder of Floral Park” who happens to be My Father by Norma Dee Childs Schwieters

- More from The Archives:

   The Floral Park Mohawks Baseball Team (about 1915)

   The Telephone - In 1917 there were seven telephones in our village

   The Automobile - In 1898 an Odd-looking carriage, not drawn by horses, began chugging-chugging its

   erratic way about the quiet village streets

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