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Virtual Walking Tour of the Monuments of Manhattan’s Battery | Episode 184

Over the past four centuries, the Battery at the tip of Manhattan has evolved, from a fortification to immigration station to park to National Monument. On this virtual walking tour, …

Architecture
Virtual Programs
Waterfront
World War II

Brooklyn to Belfast: Red Bull Division Were First US Overseas Troops of World War II

On January 15, 1942, ships of convoy AT-10 left the Brooklyn Army Terminal to make the journey across the Atlantic. Aboard the transports USS Chateau Thierry and HMTS Strathaird were …

Brooklyn Army Terminal
Shipspotting
Waterfront
World War II

Black and white photo of a soldier waving from the gangplank of a ship with soldiers in the background.

The Photo That Inspired NYC’s Merchant Mariners’ Memorial

On June 9, 2018, Reinhard Hardegen, the last surviving German submarine commander of World War II, died at the age of 105. With his passing, he joins the ghosts of …

Brooklyn Army Terminal
Brooklyn Navy Yard
Shipspotting
Waterfront
World War II

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Workers walk alongside a large stone dry dock in the Brooklyn Navy Yard with two white tugboats below and a red and white crane on the right.

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