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Today In History - July 11, 1804 - Hamilton-Burr Duel


azdr0710

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https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/burr-slays-hamilton-in-duel

https://www.nps.gov/articles/000/hamilton-burr-duel.htm

the actual site of the duel is now covered by the urban development of Weehawken, NJ, directly across the Hudson River from Manhattan.....shoreline reconfiguration and railroad construction obliterated the site by the late 1800s........a new memorial statue near the site, showing Hamilton honorably aiming slightly away from Burr while Burr aims for Hamilton's gut, is on Harbor Blvd., north of 19th St., next to the river.....the Weehawken Dueling Grounds park and statue up on top of the cliffs on Hamilton Ave off John F Kennedy Blvd is not the actual site, but overlooks the approximate area of the grounds below.......

 

Weehawken site of the Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr duel

site of the Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr duel

 

Weehawken, New Jersey

 

Hamilton-Burr-duel-696x522.jpg

 

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