Anything of Interest on Your Commute ?

[MargeS Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close MargeS]

The USS Macon, an 'aircraft carrier' was berthed in there - a flying aircraft carrier

http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/a...types/zrs5.htm

[billymach4 Super Moderator Find all posts View Profile Close billymach4]

In the AM I start out over the Throgs Neck Bridge

1) LI SOUND to my right

2) The East River to my left.

3) Further west I can literally see all of NYC, the skyline, on a clear day I can even see the towers of the Verrazano Bridge.

4) I see all of the Air Traffic from LGA, and JFK.

5) I have seen Peregrine Falcons with birds clutched in talons while passing over the TNB.

6) Historic Ft Totten from the Civil War Era.

7) The Bronx Zoo, NY Botanical Gardens, Bronx River, Yonkers, White Plains.

8) This time of the year I see spectacular sunrise, and sunsets.

9) The North Shore of LI.

10) The Connecticut Shorline.

11) Hart Island. (NYC's Potters field)

12) City Island.

13) Boats, Barges, and the NYC Bridges.....WOW I really do see alot.

[billymach4 Super Moderator Find all posts View Profile Close billymach4]

The Hudson River, three ferries, a light rail. The New Jersey Palisades. And the site where Aaron Burr shot Alexander Hamilton.

Can you please tell me where Aaron Burr Shot Mr Hamilton?

By the way Mr Hamilton is Buried in Trinity Church's graveyard. You can literally walk right past his grave. I forgot what street it is located downtown.

[wackymother Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close wackymother]

In Weehawken! There's a rock with a plaque on it that says something like, "On this rock Alexander Hamilton laid his head..."

Here we go. They say the duel was down near the river, but the memorial was moved up to the top of the Palisades.

Death Rock of Alexander Hamilton, Weehawken, New Jersey

[Beaglemom3 Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Beaglemom3]

I am currently at the Moakley Federal Court House in Boston in the waterfront area of Boston. While searching for a decent parking rate, I noticed that I was in front of the site of the Boston Tea Party ! The replica ship burned a while back, but I can remember going there for a long time as a kid. Then, walking up for lunch, I crossed over the site of the Boston Massacre !
What fun ! It's the working person's "I Spy" game !

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I noticed that I was in front of the site of the Boston Tea Party ! The replica ship burned a while back, but I can remember going there for a long time as a kid. Then, walking up for lunch, I crossed over the site of the Boston Massacre !
What fun ! It's the working person's "I Spy" game !

I was there about 10 years ago, Had a great time with my family and an old friend of mine that moved to Quincy and now owns a few Chinese restaurants in Boston, He also took us to the Cheers bar.