40 Years Ago: The Fraunces Tavern Bombing

Tomorrow, January 24, marks the fortieth anniversary of the deadly bomb that ripped through historic Fraunces Tavern in the Financial District.

Five years ago, we wrote a post about the bombing, which remains one of the most-read entries on this blog: http://blog.insidetheapple.net/2010/01/bombing-of-fraunces-tavern-january-24.html.

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Footprints in New York: Tracing the Lives of Four Centuries of New Yorkers

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from independent bookstores across the country.

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