The Old Colonial Road, looking west.
Stony Brook Environmental Conservancy (SBEC) President Malcolm Bowman and Vice President Gil Hanson welcome the crowd of well-wishers to the unveiling ceremony.
SBEC President Malcolm Bowman welcomes guest to the ceremony.
Welcome sign erected by the neighbors.
SBEC Director Dorothy Schiff Shannon and her grandchildren Arianna Shifra Dines and Noah Asher Dines. To the right are John Fogarty (Director of Capital Planning) and Professor Frank Myers (Political Science).
Elizabeth and Don Garber (senior scientists emeriti at Brookhaven National Laboratory).
David Smith (Professor Emeritus of Computer Science and SBEC Greenbelt Trail cartographer).
Stephen Nash (Scientific Illustrator for Conservation International) and SBEC Director and Professor Emeritus of Physics Robert deZafra.
SBEC Directors David Laby and Sheldon Reaven (Professor of Technology & Society).
SBEC Directors Sheldon Reaven (Professor of Technology and Society) and Edward Kaplan (Senior Scientist, Brookhaven National laboratory and SBU).
Barbara Russell, Town of Brookhaven Historian speaks of the significance of the Old Colonial Road.
SBU Director of Capital Planning John Fogarty reports on his research into the identification and historical significance of the Old Colonial Road.
Ray Donnelly, representative for Brian Foley, Town of Brookhaven Supervisor. Mr Donnelly shares the regrets of the Supervisor at not being able to attend.
Maria Weisenberg, aide to State Legislator Steven Englebright, reads his regrets at not being able to attend plus his statements on the historical significance of the Old Colonial Road.
SBEC President and University Senator Malcolm Bowman invites SBU President Kenny to officially unveil the plaque.
President Kenny and Malcolm Bowman together unveil the plaque.
Elizabeth Kahn Kaplan (Director of Education at the Three Village Historical Society) dressed as the wife of Captain Austin Roe, leader of the Setauket spy ring, stands with Barbara Russell (Town of Brookhaven Historian) under the sign.
Barbara Russell, Elizabeth Kahn Kaplan and President Shirley Kenny.
Elizabeth Kahn Kaplan dressed as Mrs Austin Roe, explains the historical significance of the unveiling to Donna Bannon (SBU Media Relations). Neighbor Dr Sami Said (Distinguished Professor of Pulmonary Diseases) looks on.
Gloria Rocchio (President and CEO of the Ward Melville Heritage Organization), Richard Roccio and Elizabeth Kahn Kaplan (dressed as Mrs Austin Roe) greet neighbor Dr Sami Said (Distinguished Professor of Pulmonary Diseases).
SBEC Director Muriel Weyl, Karen Schiff Dines [Ashley & Dorothy Schiff's daughter], Noah Asher Dines [Karen's son], and Dorothy Schiff Shannon [Ashley Schiff's widow].
Malcolm Bowman, David Smith, Muriel Weyl, Sandra and Daniel Karpen.
Dogwood Drive resident Bill Baffa, David Smith, Muriel Weyl, Sandra and Daniel Karpen (SBEC naturalist)
TV Channel 12 camera man.
Participants socializing after the unveiling.
Stony Brook University no longer disperses bottled water. Instead the university uses cooled water dispensers at sponsored events!
The Old Colonial Trail. The challenge now is to get it listed on both the State and National Historic Registers.
Some of these trees may have been acorns the day George Washington rode by!
Old Colonial Road sign. We expect it to last another 218 years!
