Congratulations to Jim Kaplan for a writeup by Clyde Haberman in the New York Times of July 5:
“For a 14th straight year, James S. Kaplan spent the Fourth of July walking in the middle of the night among ghosts of the American Revolution.
“This is not to be mistaken for fascination with the undead, along the lines of Hollywood’s current preoccupation with vampires and zombies. What Mr. Kaplan does every Independence Day, in recent years under the aegis of the Fraunces Tavern Museum, is guide several dozen people to sites in Lower Manhattan that have Revolutionary War significance,” among them the unmarked Trinity Church gravesite of Horatio Gates, who played a critical though insufficiently recognized role in the American Army’s victory in the Battle of Saratoga in 1777.
For the full article, click here or visit www.nytimes.com.
P.S. Stay tuned for Jim’s upcoming tours–he writes:
I expect to have three tours in the fall.
!. Arrival Day–the History of the Jews in New York and America– September 25, 2010
2. Harlem: The Capital of Black America–probably October 10
3. The Great Crashes of Wall Street–probably October 30