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Renowned for his good food, drink and public house - Samuel Fraunces also a spy and good friend to Washington. Was he also a black man?

He announced his retirement as commanding general of the army less than three weeks later, saving America from the fate of republics that turned to military dictatorship.

Deep in the winding canyons of the Financial District is Fraunces Tavern, survivor of four centuries of American life, and still serving great drinks and making history.

Face facts! Alcohol has always been a part of the American landscape. Through good times and bad, war and peace, Prohibition and even a Rebellion, whiskey was there!

Washington bids troops goodbye; Ellington jams the Cotton Club; 4,000 die from London smog. These and many other events shaped history on this day, December 4.

Lower Manhattan has much to offer the visitor to New York . Explore Battery Park or the Financial District, visit Ground Zero, take a boat trip to The Statue of Liberty.

An accomplished lawyer and soldier who had his Congressional Medal of Honor revoked, Gardiner coined the phrase "Reform be damned" when pundits criticized Tammany Hall.