[Records] 1829-1901

Westfield (N.Y. : Town)

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New York State American Revolution Bicentennial Commission

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Using a variety of funding, a railroad car transport barge was remodeled and outfitted at Brewer's Shipyard on Staten Island and furnished with exhibits designed by the firm Johnson Hehr Nehin. The resulting New York Festival Barge, the American Revolution Bicentennial Commission's largest public program, transported a floating educational exhibit entitled "This Glorious Cause" and a crew of performers and craft demonstrators. A total of 912,887 people visited the barge ...