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Tuesday, June 2, 2015
Today's FrankieFunFact
Words and Photo by F LoBuono
New York was discovered and settled by the Dutch in 1619 and given the name New Amsterdam. The English laid claim to the island in September of 1664 and renamed it New York after James, Duke of York, who was given the city as a gift by his brother, Charles II, King of England.
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