Pirates, Raiders and Rumrunners

Long Island is a body of land surrounded by water.  Over time, that proximity to the ocean, the sound, the bays, and estuaries has proven to be both a blessing and a curse to the island’s inhabitants.  While these waterways have sustained Long Islanders for centuries, they were also exploited through the years by a motley crew of pirates, privateers, midnight raiders, and Prohibition era rumrunners.  Learn about this notorious band of marauding swashbucklers as historian Noel Gish highlights some of the most colorful characters to visit Long Island’s shores.