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D-Day Through The Eyes of Technical Sergeant Nick Tanis: What’s Your WWII Story?
This October, the New-York Historical Society will present WWII & NYC, a massive exhibition looking at the effect World War II had on the city. Fathers, husbands, and sons were shuttled overseas from New York’s ports, while mothers, wives, and daughters picked up the work the men left behind. WWII & NYC features many firsthand [...]
A Kingdom Built on Sugar: Sugar Sculpture of Versailles at New-York Historical
Our current exhibition Revolution! The Atlantic World Reborn is full of historic documents, artifacts and art, designed to put you in the shoes of people fighting for freedom across the Atlantic in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. But between the pamphlets and portraits, you’ll find one piece that’s distinctly modern: a sugar-paste sculpture of Versailles. And for [...]
