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Site Index
National Parks of New York Harbor
Contact Us 09-February-2006
Frequently Asked Questions 09-February-2006
National Parks of New York Harbor 09-February-2006
For Kids
Federal Hall Junior Ranger booklet 20-April-2009
For Kids 15-February-2006
Junior Ranger booklet for Federal Hall 20-April-2009
For Teachers
A Kite's-Eye View 06-May-2008
African Burial Ground lesson plan by Patrice Buffaloe 16-October-2009
Civil War lesson plan by Michael Hubbs 20-October-2009
Civil War Unit by Michael Hubbs 16-October-2009
Curriculum Materials 12-December-2007
Doukenie Bacos oral history 24-November-2008
Edited oral history of Barbara Barondess 06-November-2008
Edited oral history of Emanuel "Manny" Steen 06-November-2008
Edited oral history of Gem Hoy "Harry" Lew 06-November-2008
Edited oral history of Josephine Garzieri Calloway 06-November-2008
Edited oral history of Leo Manzone 06-November-2008
Edited oral history of Linnea Hallgren 06-November-2008
Edited oral history of Lou Winnick 06-November-2008
Edited oral history of Mary Mullins Gordon 06-November-2008
Edited oral history of Nelly Ratner Myers 06-November-2008
Edited oral history of Otto Heinemann 06-November-2008
Edited oral history of Paul Frkovich 06-November-2008
Edited oral history of Richard Herbert 06-November-2008
Edited oral history of Vera Clarke Ifill 06-November-2008
Ellis Island Immigration Unit by Scott Gabel 16-October-2009
File for Armenian Genocide 12-December-2007
Great Kills lesson plan by Roy Mackey 16-October-2009
Harry Lew Oral History (edited) 06-May-2009
Immigrant Experiences: From Ellis Island to Staten Island 16-September-2008
Lesson Plans & Teacher Guides 12-December-2007
Lesson Plans from CSI 16-October-2009
Manny Steen Oral History (edited) 06-May-2009
Marine Invaders 06-May-2008
Marine Invaders Reference Guide 10-September-2009
Marine Invaders Teacher Guide 04-November-2008
Marine Invaders Teacher Guide 10-09 28-September-2009
Marine Invaders Teacher Guide 9-09 10-September-2009
Marine Invaders Teacher Packet 12-November-2008
National Parks of New York Harbor Education Center 15-February-2006
oiuguoig 12-December-2007
Sentinels of Our Shores 06-May-2008
Sentinels of Our Shores Teacher Guide 29-October-2008
Staying Alive - Survival in a Coastal Ecosystem 06-May-2008
To Be Somebody in America 06-May-2008
To Be Somebody in America Teacher Guide 31-October-2008
To Be Somebody in America teacher guide, 12-08 15-December-2008
To Be Somebody teacher guide 31-October-2008
Traveling Trunks 12-December-2007
Weather and Climate in Our National Parks 06-May-2008
Park Management
Audio Tours 13-November-2007
Centennial Initiative 2016 23-August-2007
Centennial Strategy 2016 NPNH 17-August-2007
Educational Network/Internships 13-November-2007
Management 17-August-2007
Our Partners 04-November-2008
Park Planning 17-August-2007
Wayfinding Design Standards 13-November-2007
Park News
2009 Junior Ranger Essay Contest 24-March-2009
AFBG_Black History Month 2009 02-February-2009
African Burial Ground National Memorial Fact Sheet 29-November-2007
African Burial Ground National Monument Fact Sheet 27-November-2007
African Burial Ground Seeks Public Input on Plan for the Future 18-May-2009
Castle Clinton National Monument Fact Sheet 28-November-2007
Civil War Weekend at Governors Island 15-November-2007
Commercial Film and Still Photography Permits 20-November-2007
Commercial/Photography Permit 20-November-2007
Commissioner Maria Burks Biography 19-November-2007
Contact Public Affairs 02-November-2007
Could Modern Medicine Have Saved Abraham Lincoln? 14-April-2009
Crown Access FAQs 26-May-2009
Did You Knows 28-November-2007
Editors and Reporters: E-Mail Sign Up 29-November-2007
Ellis Island Celebrates Hispanic Heritage Month 15-November-2007
Entrance Fee-free Weekends 04-June-2009
Evacuation Day 2008 12-December-2008
FAQs for Crown Tickets 12-June-2009
Federal Hall Extends Hours in August 22-July-2009
Federal Hall National Memorial Hosts New Associated Press Photo Exhibit 24-April-2008
Federal Hall Offers Special Hours 13-May-2009
Fees for Commercial and Still Photography Permits 28-December-2007
First Bloom in the National Parks of New York Harbor 26-June-2009
First National Park Service Centennial project coming to New York 24-April-2008
First NPS Centennial project coming to New York 24-April-2008
Fort Hancock Rehabilitation Agreement Terminated 19-October-2009
Gateway National Recreation Area Fact Sheet 28-November-2007
Governors Island Fact Sheet 28-November-2007
Governors Island National Monument 17-December-2007
Governors Island National Monument Fact Sheet 17-December-2007
Governors Island National Monument Releases Draft General Management Plan 16-January-2008
Hamilton Grange Move Media Advisory 04-June-2008
Hamilton Grange National Memorial Fact Sheet 28-November-2007
Harbor Sides 01-May-2008
Harbor Sides July/August 10-July-2008
Harbor Sides: July and August 2009 17-July-2009
Harbor Sides: Story Ideas 10-July-2008
HarborSides Jan/Feb 2009 16-January-2009
HarborSides July-August 2009 17-July-2009
HarborSides March/April 2009 13-March-2009
HarborSides November/December 05-November-2008
HarborSides_September/October 05-November-2008
How to Apply for a Commercial Film or Still Photography Permit 28-December-2007
Information About the Statue of Liberty Crown Opening 08-May-2009
Jamaica Bay Unit Fact Sheet 28-November-2007
Kayak on Jamaica Bay Program Launches This Weekend 12-June-2009
Kids Fridays at Governors Island 24-July-2008
Kwanzaa 2008 12-December-2008
Lady Liberty Finds Her Voice on Twitter, Flickr and Virtual Tour 02-July-2009
Liberty Harbor Cruise 10-July-2008
Lower East Side Tenement Museum 28-November-2007
Luchsinger Named Superintendent of Statue of Liberty NM 26-June-2009
Maria Burks Bio 19-November-2007
Maria Burks Biography 16-November-2007
Memorial Dedicated at the African Burial Ground National Monument 15-November-2007
Memory and the Captive Passage at African Burial Ground 29-September-2009
National Park Service Announces Recovery Act Projects 23-April-2009
National Park Service investigation leads to recovery of stolen letters 21-May-2008
National Parks of New York Harbor "Did You Knows?" 29-November-2007
National Parks of New York Harbor Brochure 19-November-2007
National Parks of New York Harbor Centennial Matching Funds 2007 15-November-2007
National Parks of New York Harbor Commissioner Maria Burks 19-November-2007
National Parks of New York Harbor News Feeds Now Available 12-March-2009
National Parks of New York Harbor Ornaments Displayed at Official White House Holiday Celebration 29-November-2007
National Parks of New York Harbor Ornaments Displayed on the Official White House Christmas Tree 29-November-2007
National Parks of New York Harbor Site List 29-November-2007
New Ferry Service to Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island 15-November-2007
New Tour at African Burial Ground 15-November-2007
News 18-July-2006
News Releases 18-July-2006
NPNH Commissioner Maria Burks Biography 19-November-2007
NPNH Fact Sheets 27-November-2007
Overlook Pavilion Update 22-June-2009
Passing the Torch - Youth Week 2008 02-October-2008
Press Kit 02-November-2007
Public Invited to Provide Input on the Future of African Burial Ground National Monument 20-November-2009
Reilly Named Governors Island Superintendent 13-March-2009
Removal of Sunken Ferry from Ellis Island Slip Under Way 03-November-2009
Returning to the Roots Going Green 12-March-2009
Sandy Hook Unit Fact Sheet 28-November-2007
Save Our History Award 10-July-2008
Shirley McKinney Named Manhattan Sites Superintendent 12-March-2009
Shirley McKinney Selected as Manhattan Sites Superintendent 16-January-2009
Significance of the National Park Service Arrowhead 16-November-2007
St. Paul's Church National Monument 28-November-2007
Staten Island Unit 28-November-2007
Statue of Liberty - Liberty Island Fact Sheet 28-November-2007
Statue of Liberty Crown Reservation System Goes Live June 13 08-June-2009
Statue of Liberty National Monument - Ellis Island 28-November-2007
Statue of Libery and Ellis Island Hold First Public Night Tours 10-September-2009
The American Chestnut Tree Returns to New York City in Time for the Holidays 12-December-2008
The Women of Early New York: Women's History Month at Federal Hall 25-March-2009
Theodore Roosevelt Birthplace National Historic Site 28-November-2007
Theodore Roosevelt Public Speaking Contest 22-June-2009
Veterans Day in the National Parks of New York Harbor 07-November-2008
War Weekends at Governors Island 28-July-2008
When Commercial Film or Still Photography Permits Are Needed 28-December-2007
Photos & Multimedia
Alexander Hamilton's elegant home 19-June-2009
At Sandy Hook, beaches are only the beginning 19-June-2009
Building Grant's Tomb 19-June-2009
Citizen scientists look out for Jamaica Bay's turtles 19-June-2009
Climate change threatens Jamaica Bay's salt marshes 19-June-2009
Disappearing guns and nuclear missiles at Sandy Hook 19-June-2009
Fort Wadsworth: Guardian of New York Harbor 19-June-2009
How goats help preserve Fort Wadsworth 19-June-2009
Immigrant Experiences: From Ellis Island to Staten Island 05-January-2009
Jamaica Bay is for the birds 19-June-2009
Moving Alexander Hamilton's home across the street 19-June-2009
National Parks in Your Pocket 27-October-2008
National Parks of New York Harbor Education Center 19-June-2009
Photos & Multimedia 15-February-2006
Sandy Hook: Life at an Army Fort 19-June-2009
Save Our History student videos 03-August-2009
YCC-in-NYC 03-September-2009
Plan Your Visit
Battle of Pell's Point encampment 17-September-2008
Directions 15-February-2006
Fees & Reservations 21-July-2006
Gateway to America Audio Tour on the Harbor 16-February-2006
Grant's Birthday 2009 23-March-2009
Grant's Tomb After Dark 04-August-2009
Guided Tours 29-July-2009
New York City Parks Week 2009 04-August-2009
Obata's Yosemite 04-August-2009
Operating Hours & Seasons 21-July-2006
Outdoor Activities 29-July-2009
Permits 09-October-2009
Plan Your Visit 14-February-2006
Roosevelt 150th Block Party 17-September-2008
Schedule Of Events 14-February-2006
September 1776 04-August-2009
Things To Do 14-February-2006
Washington's Inauguration 2009 23-March-2009
Support Your Park
Cooperating Association 15-February-2006
Donate to Your Park 21-August-2009
Join Our Friends 18-August-2009
Support Your Park 15-February-2006
Volunteer 18-August-2009
Every year, the New York City marathon begins in Fort Wadsworth, which is cared for by the National Park Service  

Did You Know?
Off to a running start! Every year, the New York City marathon begins at Fort Wadsworth, part of Gateway National Recreation Area. Fort Wadsworth is one of 23 unique destinations included in the National Parks of New York Harbor.
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Last Updated: July 25, 2006 at 00:31 EST