Twilight Tour: Death in New York

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Statue of Liberty View Point

Travelers will have a view of Staten Island, the Statue of Liberty, and Governor's Island and learn about Lenape history, ancient burial sites, the last NYC pirate execution, and Civil War prisoners.

Seton Shrine

Travelers will see a Catholic shrine to a New York saint while hearing about the canonization of saints and the Catholic way of death.

Battery Park City

Travelers will visit a cenotaph and discover Titanic history relevant to the cenotaph.

National Museum of the American Indian

Travelers will hear more indigenous history and stories linked with funerary museum acquisitions.

Charging Bull (Wall Street Bull)

Travelers will find out about New Amsterdam burial history by visiting the site of the first city cemetery.

Trinity Church NYC

Travelers will hear about epidemic history, burial prohibitions, and potters fields.

St. Paul's Chapel

Travelers will hear about the Irish representation at St. Paul's graveyard.

St. Peter's Church

Travelers will hear about Catholic history; the New York ban on Catholicism, and the first New York Catholic burial ground.

City Hall Park

Travelers will visit the site of the first NYC almshouse and hear stories relating to Bellevue Hospital, embalming, President Lincoln's funeral, and excavating the dead.