Tag: New York City

Visiting New York’s Ground Zero, the 9/11 Museum and Freedom Tower

Visiting New York’s Ground Zero, the 9/11 Museum and Freedom Tower

The United States — and the world — changed forever on September 11, 2001. Terrorists ran planes into the World Trade Center buildings in New York, the Pentagon in Washington D.C., and a field in Pennsylvania. New York’s Ground Zero became the most infamous of 

A Guide to Lower Manhattan, Liberty Island and Ellis Island

A Guide to Lower Manhattan, Liberty Island and Ellis Island

My Mom was so excited for this vacation to Manhattan. She spoke with me about it for weeks on the phone, and then finally booked tickets. We headed to New York City for an opportunity to connect with our past. My maternal grandfather had emigrated