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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1ZGP_odetta_New-York-NY.html
Odetta, born Odetta Holmes, was an influential artist/activist of the civil rights generation. During her 60-year career, she influenced numerous performers, including Harry Belafonte, Bob Dylan, Joan Baez and Janis Joplin. Her signature song was …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1UZR_the-new-york-academy-of-medicine-historical_New-York-NY.html
This structure, a gift from the Carnegie Foundation to the New York Academy of Medicine (founded in 1847) was designed in Romanesque style by York & Sawyer and built by Eidlitz & Son in 1925-26. It was cited by the Municipal Art Society and Societ…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1UZD_j-marion-sims-m-d-l-l-d-historical_New-York-NY.html
[First Panel:] Surgeon & Philanthropist Founder of the Wo- mans Hospital State of New York His brilliant achievement carried the fame of American surgery through- out the entire world [Second Panel:] In recognition of his services i…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1UZ1_arthur-brisbane-historical_New-York-NY.html
American Editor and Patriot He spread before all a panorama of the events of his times · He was the champion of work and peace before all mankind · He gave to the people a clear understanding of the history of all the ages &mi…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1UYI_marian-anderson-historical_New-York-NY.html
In 1939, after the contralto was refused the use of Constitution Hall by the D.A.R. because of her race, she sang at the Lincoln Memorial for an audience of 75,000. The first African American to perform at The White House (1936), and to be a perma…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1U1F_fort-clinton-on-top-of-manhattan-historical_New-York-NY.html
With its high ground and expansive views to the north and east, it is clear why this spot was regarded as an important strategic position in two wars. In 1776, the British built a fortification here, following its invasion of Manhattan, as part of…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1U1D_before-there-was-a-park-historical_New-York-NY.html
Long before the construction of Central Park, the rock bluffs in the landscape just south of the Haarlem Meer played an important part in our city's - and nation's - history. Both British and American recognized these hills as a key strategic loca…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1U1C_mount-saint-vincent-historical_New-York-NY.html
Near this site along the old Kingsbridge Road stood the first motherhouse of the Sisters of Charity of Saint Vincent DePaul of New York and the Academy of Mount Saint Vincent 1847-1859
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1T7F_a-view-from-the-road-historical_New-York-NY.html
This path marks the route of the Kingsbridge Road, also known as the Eastern Post Road. This was the main road through Manhattan in the 1700s and early 1800s, before the current street grid was implemented, and was key to transportation in the are…
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