Thursday in New York

entering times square

on our way to the statue of liberty

The statue of Liberty just reopened on July 1 for the first time since Hurricane Sandy last fall!

Pointing out "The Sphere" dedicated to the victims of 9/11

The sphere and its surrounding area in battery park are currently being refurbished

view of 1 World Trade Center, (formerly the "Freedom Tower"), from battery park

Statue to the immigrants of New York

David Jensen greeting the immigrants

in line for our ferry to Liberty Isle

Mr. Silva with our tour guide Chet

Panorama of NYC skyline from our ferry

Lady Liberty

Troop D224 in front of the Statue of Liberty

Lower Manhattan

 

Édouard René Lefèbvre de Laboulaye the intellectual creator of the Statue of Liberty, proposing the idea for the monument in 1865

The statue of liberty was dedicated on October 28, 1886

1 World Trade Center on the left

Nathan Morgan at the pizza place we went to for lunch

Firefighters Memorial

343 firefighters died during the attacks on September 11, 2001

The construction of the 1 World Trade Center was recently completed, topping out at 1776 feet tall.

Construction of the new train station "the hub" is still underway adjacent to the freedom tower

Statue of Washington at the site of his first inauguration in 1789, Federal Hall. New York City was the nation's first capitol.

The New York Stock Exchange seen from the steps of Federal Hall

Troop D224 in line for special access to the NYSE

 

Guards in front of the NYSE

Security checks

No other troop was given access to the NYSE

 

 

View of the stock exchange floor. Near the flag on the right is the bell that is rung every day to open and close the market

every publicly tradeable stock has several desks on the floor

The ceiling of the NYSE is one of its oldest features

We are now on the floor of the Stock exchange

And now we are on Fox Business News

The host (in blue), recording live, said "I saw the Boy Scouts walking by and they were just too cute not to put on camera"

The floor is not as active now, in the middle of the day as it is at the closing

We are given a special lesson on the history of the NYSE

Alexander Hamilton spearheaded its foundation by an original 24 members to help repay America's revolutionary war debt. Part of the political dealing was to agree to move the capital to the banks of the Potomac

Rusty leaving the building

Mrs. Morgan took about 10 minutes to get this picture just right

Chet explaining the 9/11 memorial

Connor Wright overlooking one of the reflecting pools

Also included in the memorial are the names of the victims of the 1993 bombing

The survivor tree

family style dinner

dinner at this place

Broadway style Mcdonalds

In line waiting for the start of "Spiderman: Turn off the Dark" on Broadway

entering the theatre

Exiting the theatre after the musical

We followed Chet and his son Wyatt back through Times Square to our hotel

back in Times Square

Brief meeting in the Hotel Lobby; bedtime was around 11:00

Wake up the next morning was set for 6:45

Colton and Cody with some of New York's finest

Our fearless leader!