Join us for an afternoon of special programming exploring 19th century New York! Hear from speakers on topics including the Marquis de Lafayette's return to America early in the century, immigration to New York, and the Gilded Age as we join cultureNOW's IT HAPPENED HERE program to celebrate the 400th Anniversary of the founding of New York.
This program will feature a lecture by Mike Duncan, one of the foremost history podcasters in the world and the author of Hero of Two Worlds: The Marquis de Lafayette in the Age of Revolution.
In 1824-25, the Marquis de Lafayette toured the United States of America, visiting every state in the union. During that time, he saw what America had become since the War of Independence—reveling in America's accomplishments since the Revolution, but also confronting the work still left to be done.
Additional speakers to come!*
This lecture will take place in-person and via Zoom.
