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- National Park Service
NPS Director kicks off National Park Week with a visit to national parks in Manhattan
- Type: News
- Locations: General Grant National Memorial, Hamilton Grange National Memorial, Lower East Side Tenement Museum National Historic Site
- Offices: Office of Communications
- Date Released: 2024-04-19
National parks in New York City were in the spotlight as the National Park Service kicks-off National Park Week, which runs April 20 through 28. National Park Service Director Chuck Sams began a weeklong coast-to-coast tour with visits to Hamiliton Grange and General Grant national memorials, two of the dozen national parks in the immediate New York City area. The national parks in New York City provided opportunities to reflect on the origins of the United States and the tremendous contributions of people, whether well-known or unknown, to the American story.
- Lower East Side Tenement Museum National Historic Site
Lower East Side Tenement Museum
- Type: Place
- Locations: Lower East Side Tenement Museum National Historic Site
The Tenement Museum preserves and interprets the history of immigration through the personal experiences of the generations of newcomers who settled in and built lives on Manhattan's Lower East Side, America's iconic immigrant neighborhood; forges emotional connections between visitors and immigrants past and present; and enhances appreciation for the profound role immigration has played and continues to play in shaping America's evolving national identity.
Last updated: March 14, 2018