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Sites to See Around Ground Zero

Ground Zero, where the towers of the World Trade Center stood until the attacks of September 11, 2001, overlooks the Hudson River in Lower Manhattan. The area is perhaps best known as the location of Wall Street and the heart of the American financial system, but Lower Manhattan is also where the Dutch, the English and countless other immigrant groups first settled.

St. Paul's Chapel
- Completed in 1766, St Paul's Chapel is the only surviving colonial church in Manhattan. George Washington worshipped here; his pew is preserved inside the church. St. Paul's stands across the street from Ground Zero, yet on September 11, 2001, when the towers of the World Trade Center fell, the church was not harmed. In the aftermath of the attacks, the parish opened its church to the recovery workers at Ground Zero: St Paul's became a place where they could get a hot meal, sleep or meet with a counselor. The church maintains a Ground Zero Ministry Exhibit that includes messages, photographs, tokens and tributes left at St. Paul's by visitors to the site of the World Trade Center.
  
  St. Paul's Chapel
  209 Broadway
  New York, NY 10007
  (212) 233-4164
  saintpaulschapel.org
Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island
- Ferries carry visitors from Lower Manhattan across New York Harbor to the Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island. The statue, a gift from the people of France to the United States, was dedicated in 1886. A short distance away is Ellis Island, where the U.S. government opened an immigration station in 1892. Between 1892 and 1954, when the station closed, 12 million immigrants passed through Ellis Island. You can purchase ferry tickets to both sites, as well as a Monument Access ticket for the statue, from Statue Cruises or by calling (877) 523-9849.
  
  National Park Service
  Statue of Liberty National Monument & Ellis Island
  Liberty Island
  New York, NY 10004
  (212) 363-3200
  nps.gov/stli/index.htm
  nps.gov/elis/index.htm
National Museum of the American Indian
- At the foot of Broadway in a palatial building is the George Gustav Heye Center of the National Museum of the American Indian, the New York City branch of the National Museum of the American Indian in Washington, DC. The museum's permanent collection includes artistic, cultural and religious artifacts, as well as day-to-day items of the tribes of North America. In addition, the museum sponsors special programs that include traditional Native American music and dance, as well as educational symposia.
  
  George Gustav Heye Center of the National Museum of the American Indian
  One Bowling Green
  New York, NY 10004
  (212) 514-3700
  nmai.si.edu/subpage.cfm?subpage=visitor&second=ny