When New Amsterdam Became New York: September 8, 1664
Uncover the story of how Peter Stuyvesant lost the Dutch colony to the British, marking the end of an era.
Travel back in time to the gritty past of Brooklyn or the refined parlor of a private 19th century social
Originally called “Kewan’s Point” by Dutch settlers and full of cherry trees as far as the eye could see
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