NEW YORK, Aug. 9, 2013 /PRNewswire/ — No matter how messy politics may seem today, it is hard to imagine the Vice President of the United States and the former Secretary of the Treasury firing guns at each other. But that's exactly what happened on July 11, 1804, when the long-simmering enmity between two prominent politicians boiled over. On that day, Vice President Aaron Burr shot Alexander Hamilton, causing what proved to be a fatal wound. It is but one of many New York tales the tour company Wall Street Walks reveals to its enraptured guests as they walk the streets of downtown Manhattan together visiting the very sites behind this and other stories in their new tour "Taverns: Patriots, Pirates and Prostitutes."
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"People who think Wall Street is just about the latest leveraged buy-out are stunned to hear about all the characters who lived and worked here, but that's what our tour is all about," says Annaline Dinkelmann. Mrs. Dinkelmann is the owner of Wall Street Walks, a Financial District tour company established in 2007. "Downtown is where New York City began, so it is rich with great material. We take our guests to the same spots where these things happened. They love it!—People go home filled with amazing New York lore!"
As the name hints "Taverns: Patriots, Pirates and Prostitutes" is about a lot more than just the Burr-Hamilton duel. The tour weaves together many of the diverse lives and happenings that occurred in downtown New York from the days of New Amsterdam up through today.
New York City is a restaurant town, so many of these stories include food, reaching back to the pre-restaurant era, when the rich, the poor, the influential, the lawful and the not-so-lawful all gathered for a drink, a bite to eat and some action—sometimes all at once, at: The Tavern. The tour visits two original tavern locations, where food is still being served, Fraunces Tavern (dating to 1762) and The White Horse Tavern (1880).
Guests also learn:
- How much colonial Americans actually drank (Hint: A LOT!)
- What George Washington ate at Fraunces Tavern (Hint: He was a regular.)
- Why "The Witch of Wall Street" heated her porridge on a radiator in a Wall Street office (Hint: She gave "thrift" a new meaning.)
- In which coffee house trading began in the Financial District. (Hint: It wasn't Starbucks.)
For tour schedules or more information visit: www.WallStreetWalks.com.
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