WWII & NYC: The Big Apple Goes to War (Zoom)

Program Type:

Educational, History & Genealogy

Age Group:

Adults
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Presented by the New York Historical Society. New York contributed to WWII by producing everything from battleships to brassieres and periscopes to penicillin. More than three million troops and over 63 million tons of supplies passed through New York Harbor en route to the battlefield. In this interactive virtual presentation, hear little-known stories such as how a group of German saboteurs landed on Long Island only to take the LIRR in the wrong direction, and why a portion of the FDR Drive is built atop rubble from Bristol, England.