11AM Walking Tour: Panics and Crashes Museum of American Finance 90-minute walking tour of the Financial District focusing on the history of financial panics and crashes. Tour meets outside 48 Wall Street (at Bank of New York sign); $15 per person includes admission to the Lunch & Learn with Matthew Fink. 1PM Taste of the Past: (Part 2) European Ages of Exploration Battery Park City Parks This talk, led by BPC resident historian Fred J. Bivetto, covers the event leading up to the birth of our nation, the struggles of our early years, right up to the development of what’s now being called “the New Downtown.” 6 River Terrace. 6PM Fraunces Tavern Museum Book Club Fraunces Tavern Museum The group discusses Black Flags, Blue Waters: The Epic History of America’s Most Notorious Pirates. Set against the backdrop of the Age of Exploration, Black Flags, Blue Waters reveals the dramatic and surprising history of American piracy’s “Golden Age”-spanning the late 1600s through the early 1700s-when lawless pirates plied the coastal waters of North America and beyond. Love reading the latest book on American history? This book club is for you! (Annual club membership is $15.)54 Pearl Street. 6PM Community Board 1 Youth & Education Committee Community Board 1 – Conference Room 1 Centre Street, Room 2202A-North Agenda to be determined |
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