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Events
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How Boss Tweed Killed New York’s First Subway!
In 1870, Alfred Beach secretly built a subway under Broadway, only to have Boss Tweed find out—and kill it. Matthew Algeo, author of the new book New York's Secret Subway: […]
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Early 1800s Music and Dance Extravaganza!
Scholars and performers will celebrate a new book about Black and Irish competitive dancers in early-19th-century New York City. Stony Brook University professor April Masten, author of the new book Diamond and Juba: […]
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Washington Irving, the Dutch Saint Nicholas, and the American Santa Claus
In Knickerbocker’s History of New York, first published on Saint Nicholas Day 1809, Washington Irving introduced the Dutch Saint Nicholas as patron saint and folk hero, changed his appearance, and […]
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America’s Greatest Unknown Author: Rediscovering George Templeton Strong
Scholar Geoff Wisner will lecture on the Civil War diaries of George Templeton Strong, which offer unique insights and first-person encounters with Abraham Lincoln, Ulysses S. Grant, Edwin M. Stanton, and […]
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Love and Loss After Wounded Knee: Two Star-Crossed Lovers and the Event that Changed Everything
Scholar Julie Dobrow will lecture on her new book about Elaine Goodale and Ohíye S’a, or Dr. Charles Alexander Eastman, 19th-century Indian education and policy advocates who defied their era's […]
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Museum Tour and Irish Heritage at Lockwood-Mathews Mansion
Lockwood-Mathews mansion is a National Historic Landmark and one of the earliest and most significant Second Empire Style country houses in the United States. Located in Norwalk, Connecticut, Lockwood-Mathews recently […]