Livingston Troop 16 Hikes “The Old New York Historical Trail”

Livingston Troop 16 walked the “The Old New York Historical Trail” in lower Manhattan on September 26, 2009.  “The Old New York Historical Trail” is a very popular walking tour rich in the history of New York and the entire country.  Some areas included on the tour are The South Street Seaport Museum, Fraunces Tavern, Washington Square in Greenwich Village, Castle Clinton  and the Battery Park Area  which overlooks Ellis Island, Statue of Liberty and New York Harbor, Wall Street-the financial capital of the world, Chinatown & Little Italy, Federal Hall-site of Washington’s Inauguration, Trinity Church and graveyard, St. Paul’s Chapel. The scouts also were invited by Phoenix Constructors JV to view from their on-site office the Ground Zero Site and were given a photographic overview of the reconstruction of the World Trade Center  site.