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African Burial Ground National Monument
7/20/2009 Headed downtown, parked in a garage and walked just a block to the African Burial Ground NM [NHL].
Outside we saw the memorial area to around 15,000 Africans buried there over about a 100 year period. A number of mounds marked the
area where about 400 bodies discovered while constructing a federal building were reinterred after archeological excavation. A marble
A-frame tunnel, evoking the hold of a slave ship, led to an area with waterfalls, more marble, a map of the earth, symbols seen on
some of the caskets and markers, and a short description of some of the individually exhumed bodies. Got a nice talk outside by a
ranger with an interesting oratorical style. Went inside the federal building to the interpretive center and saw a movie made in the
90s about the discovery of and controversy surrounding the burial site.
The park sign
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The memorial area
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Mounds marking some of the burial sites
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Ken and me
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Waterfall and marble
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Castle Clinton National Monument
7/3/1989 Went to Castle Clinton (National Monument) and Wall Street area.
A view of the fort
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Cool diorama showing how the land expanded out
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6/28/2014 Next we walked over to Castle Clinton. I was hoping to get a nice photo of it, but the outside
front had some stuff sitting around, and there were a gazillion people waiting in line for the Statue of Liberty tickets, which
are sold within the Castle. Oh well.
A decent view out front ...
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... and how it really looked
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A commemorative plaque
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Gun ports facing the harbor
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Fort Stanwix National Monument
9/13/1993 ... stopped first at Fort Stanwix National Monument [NHL] near Utica - reconstructed Revolutionary war fort, saw good film.
Me by the park sign
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Maureen out front
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Me inside by a cannon
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8/18/2010 Left work at 2:30 and headed east to Rome and Fort Stanwix National Monument [NHL, and in the Erie Canalway NHC].
Went through the nice visitors center exhibits and films (new since I last visited), then walked through the nicely reconstructed Revolutionary
War fort (completed in 1976 after archeological discovery).
The park sign
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Me in a boat by the VC ...
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... and outside the fort
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Ken by the fort entrance ...
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... and by a cannon
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Nice diorama of the fort under construction
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Governors Island National Monument
8/18/2007 Took the ferry ride to Governors Island (National Monument) on a beautiful day. Walked over and into
Castle Williams, then around the residential and other areas. Ferry back to Manhattan ...
Approaching the island
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Me by a welcome sign
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Castle William outside ...
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... and inside
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A pretty residence
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Our ride back
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Stonewall National Monument
2/28/2018 Continuing a little further we came to Christopher Park across from the Stonewall Inn for the
relatively new (6/2016) Stonewall NM. Although there are plans for the usual park service facilities, right now there is only
one interpretive sign, and two full-size concrete statutes of gay couples.
The Stonewall Inn
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The park sign
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Sculptures with the Stonewall
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Ken with one group ...
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... and me with the other
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Historical info
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