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In 1973, approximately 1,700 gravediggers at 47 cemeteries in the New York metropolitan area went on strike due to disagreements over the terms of a new labor contract. The strike, which initially only affected Cypress Hills Cemetery, began on April 12 and had spread to every cemetery whose workers were represented by the Cemetery Workers and Greens Attendants Union Local 365 by June 10.
The Home of Franklin D. Roosevelt National Historic Site preserves the Springwood estate in Hyde Park, New York, United States. Springwood was the birthplace, lifelong home, and burial place of the 32nd president of the United States, Franklin D. Roosevelt. Eleanor Roosevelt is buried alongside him.
Theodore Roosevelt Birthplace National Historic Site is a recreated brownstone at 28 East 20th Street, between Broadway and Park Avenue South, in the Flatiron District of Manhattan, New York City. It is a replica of the birthplace and childhood home of 26th president of the United States , Theodore Roosevelt .
New York: 5 Elbridge Gerry [55] November 23, 1814 [c] Congressional Cemetery: Washington, D.C. 6 Daniel Tompkins [56] June 11, 1825: St. Mark's Church in-the-Bowery: New York City: New York: 7 John C. Calhoun [57] March 31, 1850: St. Phillips Churchyard Charleston: South Carolina: 8 Martin Van Buren [58] July 24, 1862: Kinderhook Reformed ...
First Shearith Israel Graveyard (Chatham Square Cemetery), Chinatown [2] New York Marble Cemetery, [3] East Village, the oldest non-sectarian cemetery in New York City; New York City Marble Cemetery, [4] East Village, the second oldest non-sectarian cemetery in New York City. Saint Bartholomew's Episcopal Church, Midtown Manhattan
Before becoming the country's youngest president at age 42 following President William McKinley's assassination in 1901, Roosevelt had already served as police commissioner of New York City ...
A native of New York City, Theodore Roosevelt spent many summers of his youth on extended vacations with his family in the Oyster Bay area. In 1880, 22-year-old Roosevelt purchased 155 acres (63 ha) of land for $30,000 (equal to $947,172 today) on Cove Neck, a small peninsula roughly 2 miles (3.2 km) northeast of the hamlet of Oyster Bay.
Times Square New Year's Eve celebration is in its 120th year. The tradition of thousands of people crowding to watch a shimmering ball be lowered in Times Square began in 1907, though the first ...