Historical Places, Monuments
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CASTLE GARDENCastle Garden, today known as Castle Clinton National Monument, is the major landmark within The Battery, the 25 acre waterfront park at the tip of Manhattan. From 1855 to 1890, the Castle was America's first official immigration center, a pioneering collaboration of New York State and New York City. This site offers access to an extraordinary database of information on 12 million immigrants from 1820 through 1892, the year Ellis Island opened.
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FORD'S THEATRE NATIONAL HISTORIC SITEFord's Theatre National Historic Site (U.S. National Park Service). Explore Ford's Theatre and discover Abraham Lincoln's life in Washington DC, the struggle for a united country, and the motivation behind Lincoln's tragic Assassination.
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FRAUNCES TAVERN MUSEUM - HOME PAGEThe meeting place of George Washington and other historical figures, now a restaurant with the Sons of the Revolution museum collection. A selection of historic documents is on display at this unique historical tavern.
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THE AVERY MEMORIALThe Avery Memorial, with its granite column and bronze bust of Captain James Avery (1621-1700), founder of the Groton Averys, stands on the site of the house in Groton long known as "The Hive of the Averys."
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