History and Archives Videos
A Child’s Short Life Remembered | Ask Trinity Archives
August 20, 2020
The status of the churchyard of Trinity Church Wall Street as a final resting place is significantly older than the parish itself.
Philip Hamilton’s Final Resting Place | Ask Trinity Archives
August 6, 2020
Alexander Hamilton died in his late forties, killed in 1804 in a duel with then Vice President Aaron Burr. Less known, at least until the Hamilton musical, is the death of Hamilton’s eldest child, Philip, at age 19, also in a duel, in 1801.
Personal Favorites of Our Archivists | Ask Trinity Archives
July 24, 2020
The history of Trinity Church Wall Street spans more than three centuries, and overlaps the history of both New York City and the United States, with those documents and stories preserved in an extensive archive.
Alexander Hamilton and Trinity: A Third Century and Counting
May 15, 2020
Take a tour of the Trinity churchyard, with information on the most famous person buried there, Alexander Hamilton,
A Very Quick Look At Trinity’s Rejuvenation
January 8, 2020
Rejuvenation closed the nave of Trinity Church from May 2018 until Christmas Eve 2019. Colin Winterbottom photographed the entire process and invites us to watch 19 months of work displayed in a video that runs a little more than a minute.
Awaiting the Return of the High Altar
October 18, 2019
The High Altar of Trinity Church Wall Street dates back more than 140 years, but has not been used for worship for almost half a century. When it returns to New York after rejuvenation, the altar will be placed in a new position.
Book Talk: David Blight, author of Frederick Douglass, Prophet of Freedom
February 5, 2019
Frederick Douglass: Prophet of Freedom Book Talk with Author David Blight
The voice of Frederick Douglass has never been more relevant or necessary.
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St. Paul’s 250 Lecture
April 26, 2017
Lisa Keller will talk about the noisy New Yorkers who transformed New York from a village to a world city in the 19th century. They did so by making the streets of New York their living room for daily life, and for popular protest.
St. Paul’s 250 Lecture
March 8, 2017
Historical Lecture: “St. Paul’s Landmark Building: Change and Continuity”
Presented by Thomas Mellins, Architectural Historian, Author, and Exhibition Curator
St. Paul’s 250 Lecture
February 1, 2017
At this lecture, Jon Butler, Howard R. Lamar Professor Emeritus of American Studies, History, and Religious Studies, at Yale University, will present “Gotham, Religion, and the Fright of Modernity: 1880-1960.”