Written by Rachel Kim, 12th Grade, Teen Historian Hollywood is known for immortalizing that climactic moment when a movie character suddenly drops to one knee, presents a classic diamond ring, and dramatically declares devotion to the unsuspecting lover. Granted, one automatically associates the action of proposing marriage with the male gender. This concept of men governing women…

Written by Ariela Reiter, 11th Grade Teen Historian   Remember those old ceramic pieces on the shelf at your grandparents’ house? Those festive yet mysterious ceramic coffee pitchers that were never actually used? Well, there is more of a story to those objects than you may have originally thought. Folk art, which these pieces are…

Written by Aaron Murphy, 11th Grade Teen Historian   The Rosa y Isabel was a clipper ship that sailed for a German shipping company called F. Laeisz from 1867–1884. At the bow of the ship was a red pine figurehead Rosa Isabella. She was dressed in a short red dress with a white sash tied…

This blog was written by Jonathan Hazin   Anyone describing Nolan Park as shaded and tranquil would be correct, but they’d be missing something crucial. Sure, resting under a grove of trees is a great way to spend a summer afternoon—and on Governors Island, one should take any shade they can get!—but that’s only the beginning of…