Classes & TalksSaturday, November 14
Mafia Burial Ground in St. John's Cemetery with Anthony Musso
Saturday, November 14 · 2-3 p.m. · BOE/Library Lobby, Main Library - Grand St., Riverview Meeting Room
- When
- Saturday, November 14 · 2-3 p.m.
- Where
- BOE/Library Lobby, Main Library - Grand St., Riverview Meeting RoomNewburgh, NY
About this event
On Saturday, November 14 at 2:00 PM, local author and historian Anthony Musso will be presenting a one-hour presentation on research conducted into his new book "Mafia Burial Ground: The Mob and St. John's Cemetery". Documented in this book are the profiles of every Mafia member interred at St. John's Cemetery, Queens. Whether allies or bitter enemies during their lifetime, some are actually interred close to the very person who ordered their demise. Read the history of each mobster, who in their own way shaped the existence of the New York Mafia.
About the speaker:
During his 38-year career, Anthony Musso worked as the editor of of a monthly magazine in New York City while also serving as a freelance journalist and weekly columnist for Gannett Newspapers' Times Herald Record and the Poughkeepsie Journal. He is the author of 12 books involving local history, the infancy of doo wop and rock and roll and mobsters that once controlled New York City and the Hudson Valley. His book "Mafia Burial Ground" profiles 32 top level Mafia members that are interred in the only cemetery in the United States that contains such a large presence of mobsters in one location.
Space is limited, registration is required!
Listed by CitySpark: Newburgh, NY, gathered by the Poughkeepsie events calendar.