Visited: Friday, April 1, 2016
We hadn't really planned to visit this site, but after being underwhelmed by Federal Hall, we decided to give it a go. And went through the most thorough security screening I recall; I had to remove my glasses to get through.
The site was excellent, and a very fitting 100th NPS site to visit. Rediscovered when a federal building was being built here during the 1990s, the burial ground was called one of the most important archaeological digs of the 20th century, providing unique insight into the early life of free and enslaved Africans in New York. Most touching is the memorial, a tribute to those whose graves were disturbed when the site was discovered.
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