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Walking Through Time: The legacy of the 8 minute canoe trip of Morris Pesin

On the foggy, drizzly morning of June 13, 1958, Morris Pesin (1911-1992) made his historic eight-minute canoe trip to the Statue of Liberty. A year before, Morris and his wife Ethel had traveled to Liberty island from Jersey city with … Continue reading

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