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From Battery Park to the Army Ocean Terminal, New York Harbor vividly records the city’s role in WWII. Join us to hear the story of the harbor and its people in wartime and explore how New York City remembers those who fought to protect the free world. Walking tours are limited to 35 guests per tour. Please buy tickets in advance.

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Join historian Barnet Schecter for an in-depth look at the festering racial and class conflicts that produced the deadliest riots in American history: the 1863 Draft Riots. Walking tours are limited to 35 guests per tour. Please buy tickets in advance.

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Barnet Schecter is the author of George Washington’s America: A Biography Through His Maps and The Devil’s Own Work: The Civil War Draft Riots and the Fight to Reconstruct America.

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From Battery Park to the Army Ocean Terminal, Navy Yard, Governors Island and Hoboken Army Piers, New York harbor vividly records the the city’s role in WWII. Join us to hear the story of the harbor and its people in wartime and explore the National Merchant Mariners Memorial, the Norwegian Merchant Marine Memorial, Wireless Operators Memorial, North Atlantic Memorial, Coast Guard Memorial, Korean War Veterans Memorial, and other sites downtown.

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Among the maps that George Washington owned was British military engineer John Montresor’s A Plan of the City of New-York, surveyed in 1766, which provided him with detailed information as he fortified the city against a British assault in 1776. Using Montresor’s map, Barnet Schecter leads a walking tour of key sites of the city Washington considered the key to victory in the American Revolution. Walking tours are limited to thirty-five guests per tour. Please buy tickets in advance.

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In America’s infancy, New York City was at the center of two major wars: the American Revolution and the War of 1812. Join us as we explore the city’s role in these conflicts. We will visit Washington’s statue at Federal Hall, a tribute to patriot Marinus Willett and learn the history of the forts of New York Harbor. The tour will conclude with a visit to Fort Jay and Castle William on Governors Island. Walking tours are limited to thirty-five guests per tour.

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The Colonial Army first met the British in today’s Prospect Park. Walk the battlefield with Cal Snyder and Lucy Oakley, starting at Battle Pass, then find Stanford White’s striking but little-known memorial to the Maryland 400; see Daniel Chester French’s surpassing tribute to Lafayette and the Old Stone House. Other sites of tribute will be seen, including the statue Angel of Death and Grand Army Plaza.

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In July 1863, several months after President Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation and signed the nation’s first federal draft law, New York City was nearly destroyed in a four-day cataclysm of arson, looting and lynching. Join historian Barnet Schecter for an in-depth look at the festering racial and class conflicts that produced the deadliest riots in American history. Walking tours are limited to thirty-five guests per tour. Please buy tickets in advance.

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Among the maps that George Washington owned was British military engineer John Montresor’s A Plan of the City of New-York, surveyed in 1766, which provided him with detailed information as he fortified the city against a British assault in 1776. Using Montresor’s map, Barnet Schecter leads a walking tour of key sites of the city Washington considered the key to victory in the American Revolution. Walking tours are limited to thirty-five guests per tour.

Due to inclement weather conditions, our October 29th walking tour with Cal Snyder and Lucy Oakley, "Washington, Lafayette and the Maryland 400," has been canceled. We apologize for any inconvenience this may have caused.

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The Colonial Army first met the British in today’s Prospect Park.

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