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| Photo A. This is a statue of George Washington, the first president of the United States, at the front of the Federal Courthouse building where he took his first oath of office in 1789. |
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| Photo B. This is the Fraunces Tavern, a restaurant and bar opened in 1719. It is also where George Washington said farewell to his officers at the end of the Revoutionary War in 1783. |
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| Photo C. This is Ground Zero of the terrorist attack on 9/11/01. The foundations of the two buildings have been turned into fountains with the names of all the victims carved into granite at the edge. |
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| Photo D. This is one of the famous lion statues at the New York City Public Library. |
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| Photo E. What famous building is next to this plaza? The answer is the United Nations Building. (The UN itself was covered with scaffolding and building equipment, so was not photogenic.) |
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| Photo F. This is the Statue of Liberty. The photo was taken from Ellis Island, looking toward Liberty Island. |
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| Photo G. This is the original torch on the Statue of Liberty. Slight damage and some alterations over the years damaged it, but they preserved it. The current torch is covered with gold leaf. |
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| Photo H. This is the Registry Room inside the Immigration Museum's main building. Below is a much better photo from the official Ellis Island website. Ellis Island was the former federal immigration processing station which processed over 12 million third class and steerage immigrants between 1892 and 1954. First and second class passengers could be processed on their ship and then went directly into New York City. The steerage and third class passengers were processed in this building. Most were processed in 2-5 hours. My Lithuanian grandmother and her family were among these. Over 100 million current US citizens can trace at least one ancestor to Ellis Island. If you're interested in reading about Ellis Island, I like the site called ellisisland.org. Of course, there are many other sites too.  |
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| Photo I. This is the statue of Balto, one of the sled dogs in the serum run to Nome, Alaska, in 1925. There were 20 mushers and 150 sled dogs that made the 674 mile run in 5.5 days. Balto was the lead sled dog on the final stretch into Nome, so he got all the glory, but we never forget the 19 other mushers and the 149 other dogs that helped save the day for Nome. |
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| Photo J. This is the mosaic at Strawberry Fields in Central Park, the memorial for John Lennon. |
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Photo K. The gold statue is the clue for the answer. This is 30 Rockefeller Plaza. The statue is Prometheus the Titan bringing fire to mankind. This is the area that is frozen in the winter to use as a popular skating rink. 
Photo L. This is the Hungarian Consulate in New York City.
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