Macy's Sunday Story Time: Enlightening the World
Recommended for children ages 4–7.
Hear the Statue of Liberty speak through Emma Lazarus’ poem “The New Colossus,” and discover why Emma’s poem was so important to the statue’s construction!
Emma’s Poem: The Voice of the Statue of Liberty by Linda Glaser
Support for the Macy's Sunday Story Hour provided by the Macy's Foundation.
WWII & NYC: The Rise and Decline of New York City
EVENT DETAILS
9 am — Registration and Continental Breakfast
Session 1: From Dutch Backwater to the UN
Featuring: Mike Wallace
World War II was the culmination of a more than 300-year trajectory, which catapulted New York from the edge of the world to its center. Not only did the city become the home of the United Nations, but it emerged as the cultural and economic seat of an American new-style empire.
The Big Quiz Thing at the New-York Historical Society
Prepare yourselves, history geniuses: NYC’s own live game show spectacular, the Big Quiz Thing, will present a multimedia live trivia game sh