Places Theresa Has Worked
What is Ellis Island?
New Yorkers pulled down a statue of the English King George III on July 9th, 1776, in this lower Manhattan park.
What is Bowling Green?
Made up of a series of islands, New York City is considered this...
What is an Archipelago?
This female engineer played a significant role in the construction of the Brooklyn Bridge.
Who is Emily Warren Roebling?
On April 30, 1789, this revolutionary Commander-in-Chief became President at Federal Hall in lower Manhattan.
Who is George Washington?
This Downtown museum is known as the site of George Washington's Farewell in 1783.
What is Fraunces Tavern?
During this celebrated year, a great fire burned most of NYC down, to which Washington wrote: “Had I been left to the dictates of my own judgment, New York should have been laid in ashes before I quitted it—to this end I applied to Congress, but was absolutely forbid.”
What is 1776?
The North River is an alternative name for this main New York City waterway.
What is the Hudson River?
The gate surrounding Central Park's Conservatory Garden was once the main gate for one of this family's many 5th Avenue homes.
Who are the Vanderbilts?
In 1860, this future President gave a speech at the Cooper Union that cemented his candidacy for the 1860 election.
Who is Abraham Lincoln?
Theresa was a Park Ranger at this former fort, and later theater where celebrated singer Jenny Lind (one of the inspirations for Christine Daae) performed in 1850.
What is Castle Clinton or Castle Garden?
Following the end of the American Revolution, this school changed its name from King's College to the Ivy League institution it is known as today.
What is Columbia University?
Once known as Great Oyster Island, this island is now named after the colossal statue that calls it home.
What is Liberty Island?
This iconic New York City skyscraper now stands on the former site of "The" Mrs. Astor's Brownstone mansion.
What is the Empire State Building?
In 1774, this future US President said of New York City: "New Yorkers talk very loud, very fast, and all together. If they ask you a question, before you can utter three words of your answer, they will break out upon you again – and talk away.”
Who is John Adams?
Theresa was an Educator with the former Brooklyn Historical Society, but taught at this former Naval site, which once held an estimated 12,000 American prisoners of war during the American Revolution.
What is the Brooklyn Navy Yard?
New Yorkers celebrated the British departure from Manhanttan also known as Evacuation Day (November 25), until this war due to a rise in British support.
What is World War I?
Although 1898 is celebrated as the unification of New York City, parts of this borough were "annexed" into the city in 1873.
What is the Bronx?
This Anti-imperialist American author coined the pharse Gilded Age.
Who was Mark Tawin?
Growing up in the Hudson River Valley, this President's first language was Dutch.
Who was Martin Van Buren?
This park, located on an East River Island, is named after a speech given by a US President in 1941.
What is the Franklin D. Roosevelt Four Freedoms Park?
Still a vital Brooklyn and Queens throughfare, this avenue served as an important strategic point during the Battle of Brooklyn.
Where is Jamaica Avenue or Jamaica Pass?
Known for penning the phrase "We the People" in the US Constitution. This namesake of the Morrisania neighborhood in the Bronx was part of the creation of NYC's grid system in the Commissioners' Plan of 1811.
Who is Gouverneur Morris?
The arm and torch of the Statue of Liberty were on display in this Midtown park from 1876 to 1883 to raise funds for the monument's construction.
What is Madison Square Park?
Early in this President's law career, he represented Elizabeth Jennings Graham in a civil rights case after Graham was ordered off a streetcar and told to wait for one serving African American passengers.
Who is Chester A. Arthur?