Three Day History Tour, beginning tomorrow

I read the book “1776” earlier this year. So did my dad and my brothers. It was all part of a plan hatched by my dad. The idea was that we all read the book together, then have a pow-wow, here in NYC to visit the local sites that we all read about in the book.

Unfortunately, one of my brothers was not able to make it out for the trip. But tomorrow night, my dad, and my brother Peter, are coming to town to visit Piper, and to visit historical sites from the revolutionary war. It is crazy how many pivotal battles, meetings, strategic moves, etc., happened right here in Manhattan.

Living on the island, I feel like, a lot of the time, we sort of take these things for granted. For example, my whole life, I have wanted to go up into the Statue of Liberty. They re-opened the crown this year on the 4th of July, for the first time since 2001. I still haven’t been. The same is true with a myriad of historical sites and monuments, some that I walk by almost every day. So this will be a very cool opportunity for me to finally stop and take advantage of some of the historical richness that exists here.

Of course I will be toting the camera. Expect a full report of our adventures, complete with photos. So, if you bore easily with history, independence, and/or revolutions, it may be wise to skip over this page for the next few days.