New York City - Part 1

After our visit to Sagamore Hill, we stayed in a hotel in Long Island so that we could visit New York City.  Being that we didn't want to take the truck into the mass humanity of Manhattan, we took an Uber to the Long Island Railroad Station so that we could take the train into the city.  Smart move.

We got off the train at Grand Central Station and started walking.  And found some breakfast.

Times Square is always a great spot for people watching.

I'm not sure what these people in the bleachers were watching.

Known in the decade before World War I as "the man who owned Broadway", George Cohan is considered the father of American musical comedy.  His life and music were depicted in the Oscar wining film Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942) and the 1968 musical George M!  The statue of Cohan in Times Square commemorates his contributions to American musical theater.

Radio City Musical Hall is the largest indoor theater in the world and is a full city-block long.  More than 300 million people have come to the Music Hall to enjoy stage shows, movies, concerts, and special events and it's said that there is no place like it to see a show.

NBC Studios is a recognizable place.

Especially the area where they set up the skating rink during the winter.  The area directly behind the Prometheus statue is the location of the annual Christmas tree in Rockefeller Center.

No, we didn't go up

Something was smelling good so we followed the scent and ended up at Fox.  The McLemore "Boys" (father and son) were grilling.  Boy it smelled great!

John Sr.

John Jr. and his mom

Can you believe this burger?

The hosts came out to film a segment (and have some food) and it was fun to watch them interact with the growing crowd.

Pete Hegseth likes his meat - he came out early just to check out what was on the grill.

And then the others arrived.

Rachel Campos-Duffy marched over to us and immediately gave Ron a hug!  I was in shock and almost missed the shot.

The McLemore Boys were making tomahawk steaks and Pete was only too happy to grab one.  Not being much of a steak eater, I can't believe anyone could eat one of these.

They were done filming and were happy to take some photos.

Pete agreed to take a photo with us and when I said "we're not too good with selfies" he replied "don't worry, I've got you Ma'am".  

We spent some time talking with a nice security guard but for security reasons, we couldn't take his photo.  But he gave us some great suggestions, especially subway directions.

I decided it was safest to just hang out by the police.

As we rode along, these guys walked through the train singing their hearts out.  They were good and made quite a haul.

After exiting the subway, we stopped at Trinity Church.

A few interesting people interred here.

Alexander Hamilton (1757-1804), First Secretary of the Treasury.

Alexander Hamilton founded The Bank of New York and the U.S. Mint, was one of the framers of the Constitution, and his image appears on the U.S. ten dollar bill.  He died famously as a result of a duel with Vice President Aaron Burr in 1804.  Interesting since we'd just visited Aaron Burr's gravesite in Princeton a few days before.

His widow, Elizabeth, is buried right next to him.  Both gravesites often have decorative flowers, pebbles, and coins (for good luck in finances since Hamilton was the first Secretary of the Treasury).

Traditionally, the church did not want to provide a headstone for someone who participated in the "barbaric" tradition of a duel.  Philip Hamilton, the eldest son of Alexander Hamilton, died in a duel which is likely why he didn't have a headstone.  His father, who died the same way, was likely too big of a figure to be buried in an unmarked grave.

Robert Fulton (1765-1815) is best known for developing the first commercially successful steamboat.  New York's Fulton Street is named in his honor.  Fulton is interred in the North churchyard in the Livingston Family Vault, which belonged to his wife's family.

However, a large upright marker with his facial relief was "Erected to the memory of Robert Fulton by the American Society of Mechanical Engineers" in 1901.

Of course, there was a signer of the Declaration of Independence there so we checked one more off our list.

Near this spot are interred the remains of Francis Lewis, 1713-1803.  

Signer of the Declaration of Independence, Vestryman of Trinity Church

Erected by the Society of the Descendants of the Signers of the Declaration of Independence

This is the area where Francis Lewis rests.  As we've visited graves of other signers, we've noticed that often times they are buried "somewhere near this spot" or "in this graveyard."

The Soldiers' Monument honors the soldiers of the Revolutionary War.  It is adorned with inscriptions commemorating the sacrifices of those who fought for American independence.

The days was half over and we still had much to see.