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Jewish Arrival: Shearith Israel Graveyard & the Founding of the State of Israel

The Jewish Arrival tour ends at the Shearith Israel Graveyard. While some Jewish communities in New York considered America their new religious home, others wanted to form a Jewish base in Israel. James Kaplan discusses the founding the State of Israel and its roots with the first Jewish immigrants to New York City.

Irish History Tour: Stop 14 - West Side Docks, Unions, and Tammany Politics

According to Historian James Kaplan, after WWII, the most important employment was the Docks. The Docks went into decline in the late 1950s because cargo shifted to airlines, and was also routed through New Jersey. Kaplan discusses the politics and history of this site.

Irish History Tour: Conclusion

Historian James Kaplan concludes his Irish History tour of Hells Kitchen.

Battle of Long Island

Kaplan discusses the Battle of Long Island, the disastrous American army defeat and their escape across the East River to Manhattan. New York City remains British until the end of the war, and NYC is struck by a fire on September 21, 1776.

Great Crash of 1929 Stop 4: J & W Seligman and the Lehman Brothers

The fourth stop on the Great Crash of 1929: Tour of the Financial District is in front of the former headquarters of both the Seligman Brothers and the Lehman Brothers financial companies. Interestingly, while the Seligman Brothers were financial backers of the Union Army in the Civil War, the Lehman Brothers backed the Confederate Army because much of the money came from cotton plantations in the South.

Irish History Tour: Stop 6 - Jack Dempsey Square

Historian James Kaplan discusses Jack Dempsey, an Irish-American boxer who was born in Colorado.

Irish History Tour: Stop 12 - Tammany Hall Backs Al Smith

Historian James Kaplan discusses Al Smith, an Irish immigrant, who grew up on the Lower East Side and became a powerful Tammany Hall politician in New York State.

Cannon from Ticonderoga; Surrogate Court Statues

At the second stop, on Broadway at Chambers Street, James Kaplan discusses the battles of Lexington and Concord, Bunker Hill, and the story of George Washington and the theft of the cannon at Ticonderoga in 1776. He also talks about the Surrogate's Court Statues of Pieter DeVries, Caleb Heathcote, DeWitt Clinton, Phillip Hone, Abram Hewitt, Peter Stuyvesant, Cadwallader Colden, and James Duane (the name behind Duane Reade).

Irish History Tour: Stop 12 - Tammany Hall Backs Al Smith

Historian James Kaplan discusses Al Smith, an Irish immigrant, who grew up on the Lower East Side and became a powerful Tammany Hall politician in New York State.

Irish History Tour: Stop 12 - Tammany Hall Backs Al Smith

Historian James Kaplan discusses Al Smith, an Irish immigrant, who grew up on the Lower East Side and became a powerful Tammany Hall politician in New York State.