This tour is sponsored by the Lower Manhattan Historical Association.
As a prelude to the Lower Manhattan Historical Association (LMHA)’s annual Saratoga Yorktown Celebration commemorating the American victories of Saratoga on October 17, 1777 and Yorktown on October 19, 1781, visit sites in Lower Manhattan affiliated with Marinus Willett, Alexander Hamilton and Horatio Gates, the key generals in these important battles. This unique tour will visit little-known places in plain sight of which many New Yorkers are unaware relating to New York City’s Revolutionary War history. Hosted by James S. Kaplan, LMHA Founder & Chairman of the Board.
The tour will NOW begin inside Fraunces Tavern Museum at 1pm in the Davis Educational Center on the 3rd floor and end at LMHA’s celebration event at St. Paul’s Chapel. Admissions to the Museum is complimentary on Saturday for those signed up for the tour.
This tour is at capacity. All are still welcome to join the commemoration ceremony at Saint Paul’s Chapel Churchyard at 2:30pm.