Of War And Calls For Peace

The Unisphere set the stage for many peace protests during Vietnam, and Jane Fonda was greeted at Queens College with the sign.

SCHOOLS NEED AID
The year was 1973 as a young Senator Frank Padavan protests outside City Hall, demanding the reinstatement of school-aid from the City budget. Padavan was joined by concerned parents and residents in the march, directed at then-New York City Schools Superintendent Irving Anker. The demonstration worked, as school aid was restored a short time later.

TWO GUYS AND A DOLL
Former community activist George Stamatiades (c) and Community Board 1 District manager George Delis shared a grin with Howdy Doody (the new kid in town) at the 1988 opening gala party for the American Museum of the Moving Image. The freckle-faced fella’ is just one of the many items of memorabilia on view at the museum.

WINDMILL

Moving On Up: The Douglaston
Estate windmill had been built in
1870, used in the days before electric power when Douglaston was a farming enclave. By the turn of the 20th century the farms were being replaced by a number of homes and time and new technology eventually outdated the
old windmill. Considered a land-mark,
a replica of the windmill now stands in Alley Pond Park.

LINDSAY LEARNED
Mayor Lindsay’s failure to clean up Queens after this Sunday, Feb. 9, 1969 snow cost him dearly in the next election.

ULTIMATE SACRIFICE
Tributes to two Queens heroes of the Gulf War… (r) Capt. Mario Fajardo is remembered by family, friends, comrades and the community; (l) the mother of Sgt. Pat Bouvier Ortiz clutches a photo of the son she lost in the Desert War at a memorial service.

SAYING GOODBYE
Tears flowed freely as U.S. troops prepared to leave Fort Totten in February 1991, headed for the
"Mother Of All Wars" – the Gulf War, "Operation Desert Storm."