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The Tale of the Wandering Washington
Written by Joseph Ditta, Reference Librarian. In honor of Presidents’ Day, come with us back to 1889, when the celebrations marking the centennial of George Washington’s inauguration as first president of the United States were in full swing. Perhaps the most impressive manifestation of New York’s pride of place as the location for that memorable [...]
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Also tagged Battery Park, bowling green, Fifth Avenue, George III, George Washington, greenwich village, Harlem, Historical Society of Delaware, Iconography of Manhattan Island, Isaac Newton Phelps Stokes, Joseph Liebman, monuments, New-York Historical Society, Presidents Day, sculpture, South Norwalk Connecticut, Stanford White, statues, T. Coleman du Pont, Washington Arch
