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July 3rd for It Happened Here
02:00pm to 05:00pm - July 3, 2025

Please join cultureNOW, the Lower Manhattan Historical Association, Sons of the RevolutionSM in the State of New York, Inc. and its Fraunces Tavern® Museum, Consulate-General of the Netherlands in New York, New York City Department of Records and Information Services, and New Amsterdam History Center for a hybrid symposium about Nieuw Amsterdam.

Speakers:

  • Eric Sanderson, Author, Landscape Ecologist & Vice President for Urban Conservation Strategy, New York Botanical Garden
  • Jaap Jacobs, Dutch historian
  • Zachary Edinger, Shamash/Assistant Hazzan, Congregation Shearith
  • Israel Russell Shorto, Author and Historian
  • Sandra Lazo, New Amsterdam History Center
  • Oscar Hefting, Director, New Holland Foundation
  • Peggy King Jorde, Principal, KING JORDE Cultural Projects Consulting

 

Price:

  • In Person: Included in Museum Admission ($10 for adults, $5 for seniors, students, & children)
  • Virtually: Free. RSVP Required.

 

Image: 1916 Redraft of the Castello Plan New Amsterdam in 1660, by John Wolcott Adams & I.N. Phelps Stokes

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