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We connect New Yorkers to benefits of the harbor, revitalize #RedHook, program ship #MaryWhalen, create https://t.co/QJ6TtAljXJ, say it's time to #rethinkEDC
Feb 19, 2019 4 tweets 5 min read
#Chesapeake watermen came to #NYC in early 1800s and founded Sandy Ground, the oldest continuously-settled, free Black community in the #USA. A #StatenIsland ferry being built will be named "Sandy Ground." portsidenewyork.org/portsidetanke/…
#AfAmMH #Maritime #Heritage #BlackHistory A Sandy Ground memoir