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Wantagh Naming Marker

A 1936 roadside sign at the Wantagh Museum commemorates the Native leader remembered in the community’s name. Everyday place names can lead to histories that a brief roadside sign only begins to tell. Wantagh’s marker offers a starting point for learning about Native leaders and how later communities chose to remember them. The blue-and-gold State Education Department marker on the Wantagh Museum grounds recalls the community’s naming for a Montauk sachem. Erected in 1936, it is part of the public landscape through which residents encounter Native history. Wantagh naming marker on the museum grounds. DanTD, June 10, 2009. Image source ; CC BY-SA 3.0 . Display copy resized. On the Marker WANTAGH FIRST SETTLEMENT 1644 NAMED IN MEMORY OF GRAND SACHEM OF MONTAUKS 1651–1658 State Education Department, 1936. The Wantagh historical marker. Its inscription reflects the marker’s historical...