African Burial Ground National Monument

A Journey From Mannahatta To Manhattan

I wanted to see old New York, the earliest New York, the Lenni Lenape land of Mannahatta (“island of many hills”), the 1624 Dutch colony of New Amsterdam, and the 1664 English colony named for the Duke of York, the chief investor in an English slave trading enterprise.

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By Sue Eisenfeld - June 18th, 2025

Visitor Center For Stonewall National Monument Will Celebrate LGBTQ+ History

On the wet January day that I met National Park rangers Julie Burna and Callie Tominsky in Greenwich Village to talk about the first U.S. national monument dedicated to LGBTQ+ rights and history, we ducked into a coffeeshop to escape the drizzle and the relentless din of New York traffic.

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By Jennifer Bain - February 5th, 2024

African Burial Ground National Monument Explores New York's History Of Slavery

For all those who were lost For all those who were stolen For all those who were left behind For all those who were not forgotten In a sacred sliver of outdoor space near City Hall in Lower Manhattan, those four sentences are etched onto a 24-foot-tall green granite monument alongside a heart-shaped Sankofa, a Ghanian symbol that means “learn from the past to prepare for the future.”

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By Jennifer Bain - February 1st, 2024

National Parks Quiz And Trivia #30

Time to test your park unit knowledge with this National Parks Quiz and Trivia #30. See how much you know about some of the National Park Service’s 423 units and maybe learn something new.

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May 7th, 2021

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National Parks Quiz And Trivia #26 – Superlatives

The National Park System is full of superlatives: the biggest, the smallest, the longest, the deepest, the rarest, the tallest, and on and on. National Parks Quiz and Trivia #26 takes a look at some of these superlatives while testing your knowledge and teaching you a little something you might not have known.

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March 8th, 2021

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National Park Service Releases Apps For New York Metropolitan Parks

Visitors to New York City and Sandy Hook, New Jersey can now download and use three free apps to visit national parks, with 23 different locations, throughout New York Harbor. Locations include the Statue of Liberty, Ellis Island, Floyd Bennett Field in Brooklyn, African Burial Ground, Federal Hall and Governors Island.

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July 2nd, 2016

Black History Month Celebrated With Special Events at African Burial Ground National Monument

New York City's African Burial Ground National Monument is celebrating Black History Month with programs and workshops throughout February.

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February 15th, 2011

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Exploring New York City's National Parks

East Coast viewers get a chance this holiday weekend to update themselves with national parks and monuments in the greater metropolitan area of New York City via public television station WNET, Channel 13.

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November 21st, 2007

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