Veterans Memorial

Historical marker location:

Riverside Park, Whitehall, New York

( Memorial is on Skenesborough Drive/Main Street, on the right when traveling north.)

Marker installed: 1992

Whitehall, New York. Birthplace of the U.S. Navy.

The first American museum was founded in New York City in 1792. It was called the American Museum, and it was located in what is now City Hall Park.