On August 26, 2025, Roslyn Landmark Society Board Trustees, Howard Kroplick and Carol Clarke, hosted the Society's third annual historic bus tour for twenty-four new teachers in the Roslyn School District. The tour provides educators new to the area with knowledge of Roslyn's historic and cultural heritage, with a tour route specifically designed to focus on the primary local villages where students who attend Roslyn schools live. This includes the Village of Roslyn, Village of East Hills, Roslyn Heights, Roslyn Harbor, and Roslyn Estates.
During the 90-minute tour, the group visited local sites of interest such as the Roslyn Grist Mill, the former Mackay Estate Horse Tamer Statues now located at Roslyn High School and Gerry Pond Park, Mackay Estate Gate Lodge, Mackay Estate Dairyman’s Cottage, footprint of the Harbor Hill mansion (the highest elevation in Nassau County), site of the Roslyn Air National Guard (The Park at East Hills), original 1958 Country Estates model homes, St. Mary’s Roman Catholic Church, Trinity Episcopal Church, Salem African Methodist Episcopal Church, Laurel Apartments, Roslyn Train Station, Roslyn Heights Urban Renewal Area, and the Roslyn Heights Historic District. They also made a stop at historic Cedarmere, the former estate of William Cullen Bryant located in Roslyn Harbor.
Thank you to all who participated in the excursion this year to help kickoff the 2025-2026 school year! We look forward to continuing this wonderful collaboration between the Roslyn Landmark Society and Roslyn School District with another fun and insightful tour next September.
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