New York was only the capital of the United States for a brief time, but many important things happened during the city's tenure as t...

Happy Constitution Day! On September 17, 1787, the United States Constitution was signed. That event might have happened in Philadelphia,...

This year marks the 225th anniversary of the United States Congress, which began meeting in March 1789 at Federal Hall in Lower Manhattan....

Today is a holiday that's seldom celebrated in New York anymore: Evacuation Day, the commemoration of the end of the American Revolution...

Recently, a reader and fan of Inside the Apple: A Streetwise History of New York City , was surprised to discover that we are available t...

For most of America’s history, today—March 4—marked inauguration day. When the Constitution was being drafted, an early March date seemed pr...

O n March 4, 1789 -- 221 years ago today -- the first United States Congress convened at the old Federal Hall on Wall Street. Beginning i...

Thursday, April 30, marks the 220th anniversary of George Washington’s inaugural on Wall Street.  Though every year millions of people pas...

Before we get to Thanksgiving (which will be the subject of a future post), we have another holiday coming up next week: Evacuation Day. So,...