Fernando Wood is not the most common name associated with the Civil War, but, he was, and should be known for his “southern states-rights” sentiments.  Wood was the Mayor of New York City from 1859 until 1865.  He is known as a man of contradictions.  According to Horace Greeley’s Tribune “no man ever went into…

At the turn of the 19th Century, America was expanding at an exponential rate. As more and more territory was acquired, the debate between whether or not to create new lands of inequality with the presence of slavery grew. As the country continually expanded, boths sides – pro and against – vowed to fight for…

While our Teen Leader group is curating our Civil War satellite exhibit, we are also creating tours for the Rubin Museum of Art teen interns to go on when they visit the New-York Historical Society! While these tours will cover some of the main attractions here, like the Armory Show, I have decided to pull…

Whenever there is a formal event presumably weddings, proms, and funerals, the necessity for the males attending is to rent or buy a suit-preferably the suede tuxedo. The tuxedo has been defined by both the Merriam-Webster and Oxford dictionary as “a semi-formal evening suit for men” or “a man’s dinner jacket” respectively. In modern times,…

One day, I walked into my American History class, tired just like any other teenagers and just like on any other days. The first thing I saw was an object that looked like a projector. Then I remembered what Mr. Barry, my American History teacher, had told the class the day before; we are going…