We stopped at St. Paul's Church to see where all of the rescue and volunteer personal were housed, fed and ministered to after 9/11. They have removed all of the pews from inside the church except for George Washington's pew that he used when he was inaugurated as our first President.
This is the Hope Bell that was given by the people of France; it is rung each Sept. 11 and also been rung after the other major terrorist attacks around the world.
We then walked over to where they are constructing the 9/11 memorial and other buildings where the World Trade Center towers once stood.
We took the subway to the closest stop to the Intrepid. It started raining along the way, so we had to stop for a purchase!
The Intrepid is a WWII era aircraft carrier. It saw extensive action in the pacific, survived numerous Kamikaze attacks, and played an important part in the winning of the Pacific campaign. The ship served our country during ther Korean and Vietnam Wars and was decommissioned in 1974.
****Sat., July 4, 2009...Just learned that Bob landed on the Intrepid 10 times during his Navy training.
Also part of the exhibits was a Concorde airliner. We were able to go inside plane and see how people flew in it across the Athlantic.
Finally, we were able to tour a cold war era submarine, the Growler. It was the first of the nuclear missle attack models that was used during the 1950's and 1960. Mike said that it didn't take long in the tour to remind him why he wasn't a Navy Submariner. Things were really close.
We returned to the room for a rest and shower and then went to a neighborhood "dive" for supper. It advertised Tex-Mex and was served by an Asian!
Along the way I saw these people eating their pizza like New Yorkers do...standing at a tall table and folding their pizza.
We're off to see Shrek tonight on Broadway...will write about this experience tomorrow.
Notice the worker dusting the bones of the dinosaur!
Our next major stop was the Central Park Zoo. What fun we had there watching the animals.
We had a couple of stops to make in the area...one being FAO Schwarz..
We ate supper and then walked throught Times Square before we got ice cream again! 
We stopped at the Empire State Building...and saw great views of the city even though it was a little hazy.
Jackson wanted me to put this picture on the blog and tell you that this clock is the oldest mechanical clock in NYC and it has to be wound every 8 days. The rest have all been electrified.
We had lunch at "America's restaurant"...and saw where the calories are posted as well as the price. This practice is done in all restaurants here...sure makes you think before ordering.
We went to Battery Park and got our tickets for the ferry ride to Liberty Island where we could see the Statue of Liberty.
As we got closer to the island, you could really feel the importance of this precious lady.
As we walked around the statue, we had a tour with a Park Ranger and Jackson worked through a booklet and became a Jr. Ranger...badge and all! We learned about different parts of the statue and their meaning. One bit of trivia...there are 7 spikes on her crown and they represent the 7 continents and the 7 oceans.
As we were returning to Battery Park, the rains approached. They arrived before we got back to our stop, so we were given these beautiful pieces of rain wear!
We were fairly soaked by the time we got back to the hotel so we had pizza in the room!
I think that we walked every aisle in the store! So many toys...so little time.
for great meals...pasta, fish and chicken. 
and as we headed back to the hotel, we HAD to stop for a little dessert!
A great ending to the start of a great trip.