Event Details
PUREFINDER NEW YORK PRESENTS: DEATH IN NEW YORK EVENING TOUR
Experience four centuries of Death in New York on this thrilling 2-hour night walk!
Main Features
- Peer at the Lenape burial, capital punishment, and prisoner of war islands of New York Harbor from Battery Park
- Discover the controversy surrounding museum death acquisitions and exhibits at the National Museum of the American Indian
- Unearth the history of epidemics and burial prohibitions at Trinity Church
- See the St. Paul’s Chapel cenotaphs of Irish war heroes and political activists
- Learn about the first NYC Catholic burial ground and the ensuing riot at St. Peter’s Church
- Visit the site of Manhattan’s historic jails, executions, excavated dead, and President Lincoln’s New York funeral procession at City Hall Park