Westbury in Nassau County, New York — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)
Westbury Monthly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends
Quaker Meetinghouses, School and Cemetery, Est. 1671
Photographed by Andrew Ruppenstein, October 29, 2018
1. Westbury Monthly Meeting Marker
Inscription.
Westbury Monthly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends. Quaker Meetinghouses, School and Cemetery, Est. 1671. In the 1700s, Quakers in the Westbury Monthly Meeting manumitted enslaved African Americans, educated together White and African American children and established a cemetery for people of all races and creeds.
Current meetinghouses constructed, 1830 and 1902
In the 1700s, Quakers in the Westbury Monthly
Meeting manumitted enslaved African Americans,
educated together White and African American children
and established a cemetery for people
of all races and creeds.
Current meetinghouses constructed, 1830 & 1902
Erected by Village of Westbury, Historical Society of the Westburies.
Location. 40° 45.957′ N, 73° 35.24′ W. Marker is in Westbury, New York, in Nassau County. It is on Post Avenue south of Jericho Turnpike. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 550 Post Avenue, Westbury NY 11590, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this marker is in the New York City Metropolitan Area and on Long Island. It is also in the American Northeast, in the Mid-Atlantic, and on the Eastern Seaboard. Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region, North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once New Netherland and also one of the original Thirteen Colonies.
Photographed by Andrew Ruppenstein, October 29, 2018
2. Westbury Monthly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends Marker - wide view
Looking east across Post Avenue, with the cemetery in the background.
Photographed by Andrew Ruppenstein, October 29, 2018
3. Current Meetinghouse
Credits. This page was last revised on November 7, 2018. It was originally submitted on November 7, 2018, by Andrew Ruppenstein of Lamorinda, California. This page has been viewed 1,023 times since then and 65 times this year. Photos:1, 2, 3. submitted on November 7, 2018, by Andrew Ruppenstein of Lamorinda, California.
