Celebrate Independence Day and the 400th Anniversary of the founding of New York!

Join an exciting 3-day series of expert speakers at Fraunces Tavern Museum!

The Museum will again be participating in cultureNOW's It Happened Here program as part of the United States’ upcoming 250th birthday to celebrate Independence Day and the 400th Anniversary of the founding of New York. Speaker symposiums at the Museum on July 3rd, 4th, and 5th will highlight three different centuries of New York's history. 

Thursday's symposium will feature speakers on the early history of New York, including its past as New Amsterdam.

Eric W. Sanderson, author and landscape ecologist & Vice President for Urban Conservation Strategy, New York Botanical Garden
Jaap Jacobs, Dutch historian
Zachary Edinger, Shamash/Assistant Hazzan, Congregation Shearith Israel
Russell Shorto, author and historian
Sandra Lazo, New Amsterdam History Center
Oscar Hefting, Director, New Holland Foundation
Peggy King Jorde, Principal, KING JORDE Cultural Projects Consulting

More information Here!

Free With Museum Admission
(admission is free for museum members)

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