New York Divided: Slavery and the Civil War
May 31 2011May 31 2011Exhibition interval: Tue, 05/31/2011
View ArticleLincoln and New York, a traveling panel exhibition
Morse. [Abraham Lincoln boxing with Jefferson Davis], 1861. Woodcut. New-York Historical Society, PR 010.In an ironic twist, Jefferson Davis was inaugurated President of the Confederate States of...
View ArticleLincoln in New York Walking Tour
Speaker: Cal Snyder Saturday, May 21, 2011 - 11:00amSat, 05/21/2011 - 12:00pmLincoln's anti-slavery speech at Cooper Union made him a national figure and propelled him to the Presidency. During the...
View ArticleDavid S. Reynolds on Harriet Beecher Stowe, Walt Whitman, and the Civil War...
Speaker: David S. Reynolds Wednesday, July 6, 2011 - 7:00pmWed, 07/06/2011 - 8:00pmIn commemoration of the sesquicentennial anniversary of the Civil War, the Bryant Park Reading Room presents a...
View ArticleCivil War Lecture with James McPherson Word for Word Non-Fiction at the...
Speaker: James M. McPherson Wednesday, July 20, 2011 - 7:00pmWed, 07/20/2011 - 8:00pmIn commemoration of the sesquicentennial anniversary of the Civil War, the Bryant Park Reading Room presents a...
View ArticleCivil War Lecture with David Blight Word for Word Non-Fiction at the Bryant...
Speaker: David W. Blight Wednesday, July 27, 2011 - 7:00pmWed, 07/27/2011 - 8:00pmIn commemoration of the sesquicentennial anniversary of the Civil War, the Bryant Park Reading Room presents a lecture...
View ArticleJane Schultz on The War within the War: Harriet Eaton and Civil War Nursing...
Speaker: Jane E. Schultz Wednesday, August 3, 2011 - 7:00pmWed, 08/03/2011 - 8:00pmIn commemoration of the sesquicentennial anniversary of the Civil War, the Bryant Park Reading Room presents a...
View ArticleCivil War Lecture with Randall Fuller Word for Word Non-Fiction at the Bryant...
Speaker: Randall Fuller Wednesday, August 10, 2011 - 7:00pmWed, 08/10/2011 - 8:00pmIn commemoration of the sesquicentennial anniversary of the Civil War, the Bryant Park Reading Room presents a...
View ArticleMacy's Sunday Story Time: Passover
Sunday, March 24, 2013 - 11:30amSun, 03/24/2013 - 11:30amRecommended for children ages 4–7.Ten-year-old Jacob cannot believe his ears when a Yankee soldier asks for his piece of matzoh. Even worse, his...
View ArticleMacy's Sunday Story Time: Underground Railroad
Sunday, September 15, 2013 - 11:30amSun, 09/15/2013 - 11:30amRecommended for children ages 3–7. Unspoken by Henry ColeWhen a young girl finds an escaped slave in her family’s barn, she must make a...
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