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NYC National Parks Offer Glimpse Of History

If you are thinking about a holiday in New York, planning is the sole way to go. The’re simply so many things to see and do that you must have at least a general idea of how you would like to spend your days before you can even start to get rolling. New York is probably one of the greatest cities in the world, it didn’t get that way without grounds and it has a long history that is part of its greatness.

If I were to decide how to spend my time in New York and what tremendous things about New York City to introduce my children to, I would select to present them with those things that bore the most historical significance first as a way for that to really sink in and not be competing with the Nintendo Outlet or the really cool keyboard at FAO Schwarz. I would want my children to understand the history of our country good and bad and I want them to someday instill in their own children the need for that history.

By going to the national parks first, I will have enjoyed the benefits of the amount tag (free is good nearly anyway you slice it, particularly when you and your children are getting an education) as well as fresh minds on which to impart this crucial knowledge about the birth of our democracy. Ellis Island is a good place to visit, but I think I will show them the statue from afar as opposed to taking the ferry ride around. There is just lots to do in New York and every second counts. I want them to have a wonderful time as much as I want them to gain some good insights that they can share with their friends at college as well (something apart from the most up-to-date and greatest new Game Cube game that is showing up soon).

A few of the important our natural resources I’d like to take my children include: Federal Hall, where Washington was inaugurated, Grant’s Tomb, Theodore Roosevelt’s Birthplace, and Castle Clinton, which was designed in order to keep invaders out. it is also important to take them to Saint Paul’s Church. Not for religious reasons but for Religious freedom issues. I think there’s a significant lesson to be learned here even these days, perhaps especially today.

I think the lessons that might be learned about the history of our country in New York City are just as significant as the lessons that can learned in Washington or Philadelphia. This country has taken many steps along the road to democracy and we’ve stumbled a few times en route. There would have never been the Salem Witch Trials, the Civil War, or the Civil Rights Movement if he hadn’t but we’ve come so far and have so far to go. I want my children to study from our past and to wait for our future.

I think it is these that are the lessons we can study from our state parks and those are more valuable than the lessons we can learn in toy stores and throwing Frisbee in Central Park. I want my children to travel to museums and toy stores and see new cultures, I also want them to take home with them a deep sense of the history of our great nation.

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Brian Coleman – Greenpoint Manufacturing and Design Center – Brooklyn, New York