ABOUT US
Preserving our Legacies
since 2010
Established in 2010. We are a recognized not for profit working towards creating an ongoing presence in the community through events that help establish and grow our internet site devoted to the history of Fire Island Pines.
Season 2025
The Fire Island Pines Historical Society is a group of the Pines community members whose mission is to collect, preserve, display, and celebrate the rich and colorful history of the Fire Island Pines for present and future generations.
Board members: President: John Dempsey, Chairman: Bobby Bonanno, Secretary/Treasurer: Bo Fridsberg John Dempsey, Bill Hildebrandt, Gianfranco Lentini
Honorary member Scott Bromley, Walter Reich, Patty Rosado, Wayne Heyser.
Tampa Bay Times 2024
City Life May 2024
Queer Guru 2024
Watermark Magazine May 2024
Watermark Magazine May 2024
Watermark Magazine May 2024
French Documentary 2023
French Documentary 2023
Finding Fire Island podcast series 2023
Finding Fire Island podcast series 2023
Newsday 2023
Newsday 2023
Newsday 2023
The Long Island Advance 2023
Suffolk County News 2022
Suffolk County News August 18, 2022
EYEWITNESS NEWS ABC Preserving the History of Fire Island Pines
NBC NEWS LGBTQ History of Fire Island Pines
New York Times 2022
New York Times
Souvenirs Fire Island: 1970's by Meryl Meisler
Daily News July 11, 2022
1010 WINS Radio July 2022
Newsday 2014
Suffolk County News 2019
The Fight to Preserve the History of Fire Island
