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Once home to 7,000 immigrants between 1863 and 1935, the Lower East Side Tenement Museum now provides a unique look into the lives of its former residents and the history of New York’s Lower East Side.
Source: National Trust for Historic Preservation
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Source: National Historic Register
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Source: New York Times
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Source: New York Times
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More than a dozen forts were built to defend New York Harbor at the time of the War of 1812. The Southwest Battery was constructed on the rocks off the tip of Manhattan Island between 1808 and 1811.
Source: National Park Service
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Ellis Island was incorporated as part of the Statue of Liberty National Monument on May 11, 1965. Between 1892 and 1954, approximately 12 million steerage and third class steamship passengers entered the United States through the port
Source: National Park Service
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26 Wall Street was the site of New York City's 18th century City Hall.
Source: National Park Service
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From 1776 to 1996, the military installations on the island protected the United States, and the ideals the statue across the harbor represents.
Source: National Park Service
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Hamilton Grange National Memorial, located at 287 Convent Avenue, preserves the home of founding father Alexander Hamilton.
Source: National Park Service
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Chartered in l988, the Tenement Museum's mission is "to promote tolerance and historical perspective through the presentation and interpretation of a variety of immigrant and migrant experiences on Manhattan's Lower East Side..."
Source: National Park Service
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Theodore Roosevelt, the 26th President of the United States, lived at this site from his birth on October 27, 1858 until he was 14 years old. The reconstructed house contains five period rooms, two museum galleries and a bookstore.
Source: National Park Service
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