On May 2, 1894, two health department vaccinators visited a livery stable in the Greenpoint neighborhood where William H. Smith operated an express delivery and …
When smallpox reappeared in Brooklyn in 1893 after an absence of several years, many health officials were frustrated that they had no legal authority to …
In December, 1891 seventeen-year-old Annie Moore of County Cork, climbed aboard the USS Nevada, along with her two younger brothers, in Queensland, Ireland (now known …
In October of 1888, a French inventor named Louis Le Prince recorded what we now know to be the oldest example of a motion picture …
The Statue of Liberty, a gift of friendship from the people of France to the people of the United States, is dedicated in New York Harbor by President Grover …
On July 2, 1839, Sengbe Pieh and 56 fellow Africans mutiny aboard the ship La Armistad enroute to Cuba. The ship is captured off Long Island, NY, …
The school was located in Troy, New York and acheived tremedous success. The school taught math, philosophy, geography, history, and science. Emma Hart Willard was born …
Hamilton intentionally fired into the air, but his political rival, Vice President Aaron Burr, took deadly aim and fatally shot him in a duel July …
The Articles of Confederation, passed by the US Continental Congress on November 15, 1777, was enacted on March 1, 1781 as the founding constitution of …
When news of the first measures that came to be known as the Coercive Acts reached New York City, the Sons of Liberty sprang to …
