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History →Liberty & Ellis Island
New York Harbor · the torch and the registry hall — 40% of Americans trace a relative through here
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More in History
- Federal Hall26 Wall St · Washington took the oath here in 1789 — the first Capitol of the United States
- Fraunces Tavern54 Pearl St · Where Washington said goodbye to his officers in 1783 · Museum upstairs, pints downstairs
- Trinity Church & ChurchyardWall St & Broadway · Hamilton rests in the churchyard, steps from the money he invented
- St. Paul’s Chapel209 Broadway · 1766, Washington’s pew — stood through the Revolution and through 9/11
- Wall Street & the NYSE11 Wall St · the buttonwood agreement of 1792 became the corner the world watches
- African Burial Ground290 Broadway · the rediscovered 17th-century burial ground — the national monument the city owed
- Stone StreetThe 1658 cobblestone lane — the Dutch city’s first paved street, now one long outdoor table
- Grant’s TombRiverside Dr at 122nd · the General Grant National Memorial, run by the National Park Service · free, 10–4