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An exhibit at the National Museum of the American Indian
statue was hacked to pieces drawn from the permanent u Saint Elizabeth
and smelted for ammunition collection. The National Ann Seton Shrine
(see pp24–5). The wife of the Archives, located on the third
governor of Connecticut is said floor, contains a small exhibition 7 State St. Map 1 C4. Tel (212) 269-
to have melted down enough featuring a selection of original 6865. q Whitehall, South Ferry.
pieces to mold 42,000 bullets. documents from the National Open 7am–5pm daily.
The fence, erected in 1771, Archives, which are based in 5 8:05am, 12:15pm Mon–Fri; 11am
Sun. ∑ spcolr.org
is still standing, but minus the Washington, D. C.
royal crowns that once adorned Completed in 1907, and in
it – they met the same fate as use until 1973, the Beaux Arts Elizabeth Ann Seton (1774–1821),
the statue. The Green was Custom House is also a part of the first native-born American
once surrounded by elegant the attraction. The impressive to be canonized by the Catholic
homes. Beyond it is the start facade, adorned with elaborate Church, lived here from 1801 to
of Broadway, which runs the statuary by Daniel Chester 1803. Mother Seton founded the
length of Manhattan and, French, depicts the major American Sisters of Charity, the
under its formal name of continents, and some of the first order of nuns in the United
Route 9, all the way north to world’s great commercial States. After the Civil War, the
the State capital in Albany. centers. The magnificent Mission of Our Lady of the Rosary
marble Great Hall, and rotunda turned the building into a shelter
located inside, are beautifully for homeless Irish immigrant
y National Museum decorated. The 16 murals women – 170,000 passed through
of the American covering the 135-ft (41-m) on their way to a new life in
Indian dome were painted by America. The adjoining church
was built in 1965. The Mission
Reginald Marsh in 1937 and
1 Bowling Green. Map 1 C4. show the progress of ships into established and maintains the
q Bowling Green. National Museum the harbor. shrine to Mother Seton.
of the American Indian. Tel (212) 514-
3700. Open 10am–5pm daily (to 8pm
Thu). Closed Dec 25. 7 =
∑ nmai.si.edu
Cass Gilbert’s stately US Custom
House now houses the Smith-
sonian National Museum of the
American Indian. The museum’s
outstanding collection of about
a million artifacts, along with
an archive of many thousands
of photographs, spans the
breadth of the native cultures
of North, Central, and South
America. Exhibitions include
works by contemporary
Native American artists as
well as changing displays Front facade of Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton Shrine

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