Fraunces Tavern
My urban tourism class and I went on a tour On June 26. We walked down lower Manhattan. To get there I took the 5 train to bowling green. It would have been better to take the R train to Whitehall street. When I arrived, I was lost I got there 10 mins late to the tour. Thank Goodness for my classmate who kept me updated on where to meet of m classmates. When the tour began I was sweating like crazy because of the weather. They started down Water Street, looking at historic buildings. I was quite fascinating to see The Watson House that was built in the 1800’s. Which was designed by John Macomb. And today it’s a Roman Catholic church.
We walked to Fraunce’s Tavern. I hardly come downtown but after this tour I learn a lot. These so many historical buildings in lower Manhattan and I didn’t realize it until now. It’s where Washington gave his farewell speech to the officers in the continental army. This was one of my favorite places Fraunce’s Tavern it’s a museum and a restaurant. Which I find cool. I walked in the building is very cool nothing I ever seen before. It felt as if the door was even the original door and even looking from the outside in was exiting. It felt like I was walking through history. I’m looking forward to coming back and hopefully touring the museum and having dinner.
Afterwards, we walked to The National Museum of the American Indian apart of the Smithsonian institution. is committed to advancing knowledge and understanding of the Native cultures of the Western Hemisphere—past, present, and future—through partnership with Native people and others. The museum works to support the continuance of culture, traditional values, and transitions in contemporary Native life. It has three facilities: The National Museum of the American Indian on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., which opened on September 21, 2004.
Next, we walked down Broadway past the park we spotted the charging bull statue. To me the little girl in front of the Bull symbolizes strength and power. I do understand the bull doesn’t have nothing to do with the girl. The bull represents New stock exchange. It also reminded me of the first women who is working at the New Stock exchange as a trader; she’s only 23/ It’s quite inspiring.
We then now walked towards The federal Hall and The New York Stock Exchange on Wall Street. I decided to into the federal Hall building to look around, it empty, surprisingly there was a lot people standing and sitting around it and taking loads of pictures. I decided to go in because it was free and I always walked past. It seems like there shooting a movie inside it was actually quite interesting to watch them setup as well. We moved up to the Trinity church, and the first thing I thought was that it was very brown, but it stood out. When we saw it from the Federal hall national memorial, everyone was curious about this church. In the churchyard we saw many graves of officers from the continental army and the navy original members, like Richard Montgomery and Alexander Hamilton. We finally reached the 9/11 memorials, which I’ve never visited before. I will definitely do this tour with my friends, so they will also be aware that we live in a very historical place.
