Annual Independence Day Celebration & Historic Tour of Lower Manhattan

Join us for a 4th of July commemoration on this warmup to Independence Day. We'll follow in the footsteps of the founders as we visit historic sites of Lower Manhattan and the Financial District with a special focus on the role of New York City in events leading up to the American Revolution, during the revolution, as well as the aftermath during the formation of the government and when New York City became America's first Capital in 1789. Pictured above in George Washington's inauguration at Federal Hall on Wall Street. We'll cover such events as The Battle of Golden Hill in January, 1770, which was the first bloodshed of the American Revolution, and the dramatic retreat by the American troops across the East River from Brooklyn to Manhattan undertaken by General Washington on August 29-30, 1776 to save the Revolution from defeat.

As we would do on a walking tour we'll…