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June 2013

Go festival hopping
•  Try the 18th century on for size at a Colonial Day fair.
•  Don flapper finery for a Jazz Age Lawn Party.

Enjoy the outdoors
•  Sing and swap stories at a traditional beach campfire.
•  Search for horseshoe crabs and terrapins on a guided hike.
•  Take a paddle or sail for beginners or experienced boaters.
•  Explore Jamaica Bay on a sunset cruise.
•  Join a bike ride to the Salt Marsh Nature Center.

Eat well
•  Learn to forage and cook with your harvest.
•  Glimpse the future of Italian food, then taste it.

Get ready for the 4th
•  Kick off the holiday weekend with a campout under the stars.
•  Hear a group reading of the Declaration of Independence.

Find more to do on the calendar and park activities guide.



Midweek is looking up with the return of Sandy Hook's popular beach concert series. Wednesday evenings, starting 6/12.

Find a free boating program, from basic instruction to a scenic excursion, at a Gateway site near you.

Come in costume to a Jazz Age Lawn Party with Michael Arenella & His Dreamland Orchestra. 6/15 & 16, Governors Is. Buy tickets.

The National Parks of New York Harbor Conservancy is working to create on New York Harbor the finest urban waterfront recreation and educational national park system in the world.



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