Tag: George Washington
Inside the Downtown Tavern Room Where Washington Once Bid Farewell to His Troops
To mark George Washington's birthday, we're remembering his farewell to the troops in the Long Room at Fraunces Tavern.
Exhibit: George Washington, Cloaked Crusader at Fraunces Tavern
New York Comic Con is coming up in early October, and it probably makes you think of the Javits Center filling with geeks costumed in capes, spandex...
Federal Hall Has the Bible That George Washington Used to Take the Oath of Office
Federal Hall still has George Washington’s inaugural bible, a King James edition printed in London just a decade or two before Washington was sworn in.
Lower Manhattan’s Museum ‘Smile’
By Liz BergerUptown may have Museum Mile, but Lower Manhattan has a veritable Museum “Smile,” an s-curve of history, art and design institutions...