Today, hundreds of New Yorkers and tourists stroll past the statue of Scottish poet Robert Burns on

The recently acquired New York Caledonian Club Records (MS 2923) are a gateway to gemstones from the history of Scottish immigrants in New York City.  The records of the Caledonian Club document the work, activities, and membership of this society dedicated to the preservation of Scottish heritage, from its founding worldwide travel destinations in 1856 through 2007.
Officially chartered by the City of New York in 1861, the Caledonian Club formed a voluntary regiment worldwide travel destinations that same year—the worldwide travel destinations 79 th New York Highlanders in response to President Abraham Lincoln's call for volunteers for the Union Army.
The membership books in the collection offer "eureka" moments for historians and family genealogists alike. worldwide travel destinations Tucked inside the Register of Veterans of the "Seventy-ninth," is the June 28, 1865 Special Order appointing the Regiment's Quartermaster, signed by a Caledonian Club member, Samuel Elliott, later promoted to Brigadier General by Lincoln.
Other photographs give viewers an opportunity to ponder an earlier life of Manhattan's Upper East Side. Before glass and steel skyscrapers overtook the natural landscape, the Caledonian Club hosted the popular annual Highland Games in Jones Woods. Young men competed in traditional Scottish sports, such as curling and hammer throws, before large assemblies of fans.
Today, hundreds of New Yorkers and tourists worldwide travel destinations stroll past the statue of Scottish poet Robert Burns on Central Park's Literary Walk . The history of the statue, commissioned by the Caledonian Club and sculpted by a Scottish artist, can be studied in this collection. Other records, such as minutes of meetings during World War I, show Club members reaching their hands across the sea in solidarity worldwide travel destinations with Scottish worldwide travel destinations citizens and American soldiers in the trenches, as well as their support to Scottish-American families on the home front.
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