POSTPONED TO 4/25/2009: Freethinkers Tour of New York
* * Due to our professional tour guide's unexpected illness, THIS EVENT HAS BEEN POSTPONED until April 25. **
Our annual Freethinkers Tour of New York is back, with an updated script by Susan Jacoby. We'll meet at 10:30 a.m. on Saturday, April 25, in front of the Gramercy Park Hotel on the northwest corner of Lexington Avenue and 21st Street. Robert Ingersoll, "the Great Agnostic," lived in a townhouse on this site in the 1880s and 1890s. The walking tour will be led by professional guide Justin Ferate, and Ms. Jacoby, the author of The Age of American Unreason, will give readings at various points. We'll proceed to Union Square and Cooper Union, both sites of important freethought events in New York history. An added attraction of this tour will be a special exhibition on free speech at Cooper Union. As in the past, we will wind up in a bar to drink a toast to Thomas Paine in the West Village near the site of Paine's death.
This will be a walking tour from Gramercy Park to Cooper Union. Since the final stop is on Grove Street in the West Village, some of you may want to take a taxi instead of walking the last mile. Ms. Jacoby and Mr. Ferate will be there to end the tour with final thoughts on Paine's life and death.
Space is limited, so reservations are strongly urged. To defray the cost of a professional guide, we're charging $15, $5 for students. To RSVP, call Tasha Williams-Dantzler at 212-504-2935, or e-mail twilliams [at] centerforinquiry [dot] net. Payment accepted by cash, check, or credit card.
