Located on the second floor, in a small room of the American Geographical Society building is a prized globe. This is no ordinary globe and has been signed by a number of famous aviators and explorers of modern history. Right from Sir Edmund Hillary to Amelia Earhart to Charles Lindbergh the heroes not only signed their names but also drew their routes they have traveled upon. This tradition of signing the globe started in 1929 when the returning adventurers would be personally approached and their signatures and routes traveled by them across the Earth would be sought. In present times there are 82 signers on the prized globe and counting. The tradition is still be carried on with new explorer being added by the society every year.
When you walk across the Brooklyn Bridge from Manhattan, you have two primary options, one is to venture on Old Fulton Street towards the waterfront or take the second option to Cadman Park Plaza. The latter attraction was named after Rev. Samuel Parkes Cadman, a congregational minister and founder of the Federated Council of Churches in America. The green space is the unofficial border between the quaint neighborhood of Brooklyn Heights and downtown Brooklyn and it's always filled with locals who run, walk their dogs or just lounge under the canopy of trees. Additionally, Cadman Plaza Park features a granite and limestone memorial that is dedicated to the more than 300,000 men and women from the borough who served in WWII.
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