Revolutionary War-Era Gunboat Found Underneath World Trade Center Wreckage Finds a Permanent Home in Upstate New YorkIn 2010, construction crews working in Lower Manhattan found the remains of a Revolutionary War-era gunboat buried deep underground. Now, after years of restoration work, the 18th-century vessel has found a new permanent home at the New York State Museum in Albany.https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/revolutionary-war-era-gunboat-found-at-ground-zero-finds-a-new-permanent-home-in-new-york-180986694/
Quote"New York stood at the epicenter of our fight for freedom, and this gunboat is a physical reminder of that courage and grit," says Devin Lander, New York's state historian, in a museum statement. "To watch it rise again, plank by plank, is a once-in-a-lifetime chance to witness the intersection of archaeology, storytelling and national identity."