1600’s Symposium: The Beginning of the City

Please join cultureNOW, the Lower Manhattan Historical Association, Sons of the RevolutionSM in the State of New York, Inc. and its Fraunces Tavern® Museum, Consulate-General of the Netherlands in New York, New York City Department of Records and Information Services, and New Amsterdam History Center for a hybrid symposium about Nieuw Amsterdam.

Speakers:

• Eric Sanderson, Author, Landscape Ecologist & Vice President for Urban Conservation Strategy, New York Botanical Garden
• Jaap Jacobs, Dutch historian
• Zachary Edinger, Shamash/Assistant Hazzan, Congregation Shearith
• Israel Russell Shorto, Author and Historian
• Sandra Lazo, New Amsterdam History Center
• Oscar Hefting, Director, New Holland Foundation
• Peggy King Jorde, Principal, KING JORDE Cultural Projects Consulting