Are you curious about New York's early days? These four books, fiction and non-fiction, will show you what life was like in colonial NYC. The Island at the Center of the World: The Epic Story of Dutch Manhattan and the Forgotten Colony That Shaped America by Russell Shorto New York City's colonial history didn't start…
Continue reading ➞ These Books Will Show You What Life Was Like in Colonial NYC
NYC was essentially one big battlefield during the Revolutionary War. Here are Revolutionary War sites in NYC where you can learn about or honor Revolutionary War history and have a good time while doing it.
As a born-and-raised Brooklynite, I am tired of seeing travel guides overrating certain parts of my borough and devaluing other parts. Yes, Brooklyn is hip and cool but there is so much more to this borough than its hipster reputation. So if you value being an informed traveler/citizen, keep reading. Here is your basic Brooklyn…
Allow me to take you back a few hundred years to the streets of New York, where anticipation and preparation were in the air, not for turkey and pumpkin pie, but for pole climbing and patriotic plays. For New Yorkers back then, this too was the beginning of the holiday season, but the holiday they…
Continue reading ➞ Before There was Thanksgiving, New Yorkers Celebrated This November Holiday
