The Balcony Where Washington Took the Oath

Federal Hall, New York

3 min story9-stop walk

The story

You're standing on Wall Street, right where Broad Street runs into it from the south.

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New York · 9 stops · 1 h 24 min · 2.4 mi

1
Brooklyn Bridge
The Woman Who Carried a Rooster AcrossPhoto: Dietmar Rabich, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
2
City Hall Park
The Pole the Soldiers Kept Chopping DownPhoto: Momos, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
3
Woolworth Building
The Five-and-Dime CathedralPhoto: Martin Furtschegger, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
4
St. Paul's Chapel
The Little Chapel That StoodPhoto: ajay_suresh, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
5
9/11 Memorial
Leaving the Footprints Open to the SkyPhoto: NormanB, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
6
Trinity Church
The Church That Owned Manhattan's FarmlandPhoto: Gryffindor (Public domain), via Wikimedia Commons
7You're here
Federal Hall
The Balcony Where Washington Took the OathPhoto: Ajay Suresh from New York, NY, USA, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
8
Fraunces Tavern
Rebels at the Queen's HeadPhoto: Jim.henderson (Public domain), via Wikimedia Commons
9
Castle Clinton in the Battery
The Fort That Fired at NobodyPhoto: Tdorante10, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Sources

Written from public sources, every claim checked against them, narrated by a synthetic voice.