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America's Response Monument. "De Oppresso Liber". . Within hours of the cowardly attacks of September 11, 2001, America's Special Operations Forces were called to action, formulating an unconventional warfare response to the acts of te…
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Samuel Whittemore House. . Built 1828 with row on 4th (then Asylum) Street by Samuel Whittemore, local manufacturer/developer/legislator ___ top floor 1898; extension 1901. var plainText = document.getElementById('inscription1')…
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The poet lived here at intervals from 1909 - 1912, while writing "The Town Down the River," a collection of poems including "Miniver Cheevy," dedicated to President Theodore Roosevelt, an admirer and supporter of Robinson.
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This Flag Staff raised in memory of the valorious young patriot, Ephraim Elmer Ellsworth Born 1837 - Died 1861 and his Fire Zouaves whose members enlisted in 1861 for military service in The War Between the States. Colonel Ellsworth was…
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53 Christopher Street at Stonewall Place Site of the Stonewall Riots June 27-29, 1969 Birth Of The Modern Lesbian & Gay Rights Liberation
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The land that is now Christopher Park was developed from 1633 to 1638 as a tobacco farm by Wouter Van Twiller, Director-General of New Netherland. Following Van Twiller's death, his land was divided into three farms: the Trinity Church and Elbert …
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This sculpture by George Segal (1924-2000) honors the gay rights movement and commemorates the uprising which took place at the Stonewall Inn opposite this park in Sheridan Square in 1969. The Stonewall Inn at 51-53 Christopher Street was built a…
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This expressive bronze portrait of General Philip Henry Sheridan (1831-1888), created by Joseph Pollia (1893-1954), was unveiled in Christopher Park in 1936. The sculpture honors the distinguished Civil War cavalry commander for whom the surroundi…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1V17_hart-crane-historical_New-York-NY.html
The poet and author, one of the "Lost Generation" of writers, lived here while supporting himself as an advertising writer. Crane's poems "White Buildings" and "The Bridge" gave harmonious expression to the chaos of urban life.
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The first U.S. writer to receive the Nobel Prize in Literature (1930), novelist and short story writer, Sinclair Lewis, born in Sauk Centre, Minnesota, was a graduate of Yale University; his earliest published work was in the Yale Literary Magazin…
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