Historic Morristown Walking Tour

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His main area of interest and expertise is Alexander Hamilton. Alexander Hamilton," written and directed by Middlemarch Films. Jimmy was published in in a re-edition of the classic biography "George Washington: He is also a frequent lecturer at Morris-Jumel Mansion, George Washington's headquarters in Harlem, where he speaks about the lives and legacies of America's Founding Father's.

Born on Manhattan Island, Jimmy grew up fast in the turbulent 's in the rough-and-tumble neighborhood of Jamaica, Queens. He has lived in Brooklyn, the Bronx, and for the last 20 years has been a resident of Manhattan Island. Ward has over 10 years of collaborative leadership in non-profit management, financial oversight, fundraising, strategic planning, Board relationships and grant-winning cultural program development. Her book "Visions of America: The Morris-Jumel Mansion" was published in and she has recently appeared in the documentary on the making of the hit musical "Hamilton.

His specialties include architecture, history and sports, and he has led guided tours by bus, by foot, by boat, by limo, even by helicopter. Besides working for several double-decker bus companies during the past 15 years, Ted specializes in private tours for junior high school and high school groups as well as the elderly. He frequently guides groups from England, Scotland, Ireland, and Australia, and twice each year leads the parents of newly-enrolled Columbia University and Barnard College students around the Harlem community as part of a University-sponsored orientation.

Ted and his wife Marybeth have two teenagers, a boy and a girl. All four hail from the Upper West Side of Manhattan. Not even Pennsylvania Avenue invokes a greater image of power in the imagination than the concrete canyons of Wall Street. The financial epicenter of American commerce and business, its very name seems too large to be contained on the short narrow street itself and instead has become a symbol of global finance.

Alexander Hamilton envisioned modern America and the seat of the nation's financial power more accurately than any other Founding Father.

President Trump arrive in Morristown, New Jersey. September 15, 2017.

Hamilton's vision has defined Wall Street more than any other person in history to date. This tour explores the city of New York in Hamilton's life, and the deep impression he left behind. As we uncover the secrets behind his inexhaustible drive and his unimaginable achievements, it explains his relentless effort to leave his bold impression on his adopted nation.

Historic Tours

This tour will start at the Battery to recall the battles of the American Revolution and the toll New York paid for Independence during the war, and will describe how Hamilton rose from Captain of an artillery company to the right hand of Washington himself. We will discuss the creation of the Federal Government of the United States as well as the 1st and 2nd Sessions of Congress and numerous other events that took place at Federal Hall. We will also visit Trinity Church to pay tribute and respect to the Hamilton's at their final resting place.

This is no stale and stuffy museum: Kittatinny Valley State Park in Andover Township has 75 miles of trails and intriguing programs to get you out on them — no matter what level of couch potato you are. These are novel and very popular ways to get people active, connected, and fed. A win-win-win all around. The tasting room, with burnished hard wood floors and red reclaimed barnwood bar topped with a lacquered slice of tree trunk, is striking. Nearly everything at the Mohawk House restaurant in Sparta NJ, from floors to walls, furniture, booze, and food, comes from a local source.

And that is by design. Steve Scro and his wife, Rachael, had a vision which culminated in in this Adirondack-style structure, built out of Patterson NJ brick, fieldstone from surrounding land, reclaimed weathered wood floors from a nearby mill, and filled with furniture made by local artisans: Staff serves with a heart as well.

The kitchen procures ingredients and goods from forty nearby producers and artisans, purveyors arriving each day in pickup trucks laden with fresh wares. Mohawk House has turned this little pocket of Northern NJ once again into a destination.

Historic Morristown Walking Tour

Play a game provided. Watch a movie from stack of DVDs. Hike in the adjacent State Park. Bike the Rail Trail borrow state of the art bike for free from the inn Or, do nothing.

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All four hail from the Upper West Side of Manhattan. The funds for the other half of the building, linked by a cloister, came from the Dodge family in the memory of Earl Dodge who died in , five years after graduation. Princeton University Chancellor Green Library. Crystal Springs Resort boasts six hole golf courses, but only the luxury Grand Cascades Lodge has a top-shelf restaurant Latour , and an exclusive ,plus bottle wine cellar. Philosophical Hall became renowned as the place where Joseph Henry conducted pioneering experiments in electromagnetism and telegraphy; it was taken down in for the new Chancellor Green Library. The settlement was called Stony Brook after the small stream that defined two sides of the town but was named Prince-Town in in honor of Prince William of Orange and Nassau. He also brought home silvers in the high jump and long jump.

Crystal Springs Resort boasts six hole golf courses, but only the luxury Grand Cascades Lodge has a top-shelf restaurant Latour , and an exclusive ,plus bottle wine cellar. Guests can descend into the wine catacombs on a daily one-hour guided tour of the Wine Cellar 3pm , to see some of the most valuable bottles of vino on the planet — some even available to purchase during dinner on site. If you want to escape to ski, mountain bike, or splash down at a multi-ride water park, and park once without getting in your car again till you go home, make a reservation at The Appalachian at Mountain Creek, a pool of studio to two-bedroom condos owned by investors.

Stunning in the Spring and Fall, Mountain Creek also does a brisk wedding business, with a signature mountaintop ceremony.

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The tour will visit Hamilton Grange, the only home Alexander Hamilton ever owned. Here we will discuss Hamilton's tireless work after the war, his bitter battles with the other founders and the many victories he achieved as well as the groundswell of events leading up to the fateful "Interview in Weehawken". Learn about the life of A. Ham by exploring the paintings, furnishings and decorative arts from his time located within the American Wing collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

The tour will lead guests through eighteenth and early nineteenth century portraits of the man himself, his contemporaries and his friends.

Fall Walking Tour Series:

Click here for a copy of the Historic Morristown Walking Tour brochure: Walking. October 13 at 11 am Discover Victorian Morristown Walking Tour · October 20 at 11 am Discover NJ Shakespeare Theatre's Reggie the Ghost Backstage Tour America's Image Maker; Victorian Morristown; The History of the Seeing Eye.

Artists such as Trumbull and Peale will be discussed as well as the American identity which was created through the art done pre and post Revolutionary War. The tour will guide guests through the museum's permanent collection and Luce Center to explore art and artifacts that represent Hamilton's life and time. Highlights include dueling pistols similar to the ones used by Hamilton and Burr during "The Duel", Aaron Burr's death mask and portraits from the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries.

After serving as aide-de-camp and Lt. Colonel to General George Washington, the commander in chief of The Continental Army during the American Revolution, Hamilton remarkably survived and returned to Pennsylvania as a New York delegate to the Constitutional Convention in , then again as the first Treasury Secretary of the nation in the second Capitol of the United States in Follow us into the eye of the hurricane on this whirlwind discovery of the sacrifices, successes, and scandals of the most dynamic man in American history.

On this journey through the streets of Philadelphia, be prepared for a highly vivid, energetic and entertaining exploration into the unimaginable life and times of Alexander Hamilton in the City of Brotherly Love. Our expert Hamilton guides lead this full-day tour of Morristown, New Jersey, the winter headquarters of the Continental Army in and again in We will capture Hamilton's romantic obsession with Honor, Glory and God, as well as his struggles with the world that he was centuries ahead of in his irrepressible vision.

We will explore the Revolutionary War in a concise form and focus on the hardships faced reaching this haven for the army, as well as the early romance of Hamilton and his beloved Betsy. We will view the Schuyler-Hamilton House where their courtship blossomed, and discuss the lives they shared together during the war and after.

Ward these in-depth lectures provide a more in-depth look into specific aspects of the fascinating life of Alexander Hamilton. The War of Independence is the most improbable event in American history. Discover the sacrifices, struggles and hardships faced by the men and women of the revolutionary era. From the United States Constitutional Convention to the re-location of the federal government, this lecture explores the birth of America in post-revolutionary times. All the details leading up to the infamous "Interview in Weehawken", where the two greatest lawyers in New York history risked it all for the preservation of their honor.

Our walking tours are moving lectures. Comfortable shoes are suggested.