75 YEARS AGO TUESDAY, PUTINESQUE BRONX BOROUGH PRESIDENT JAMES J. LYONS PLANTED HIS FLAG AND ATTEMPTED TO SEIZE A PIECE OF MANHATTAN!
A LECTURE WILL COMMEMORATE LYONS' STUNT.
On March 11, 1939, Bronx Borough President James J. Lyons invaded Manhattan and tried to annex a piece of it for his borough! With his driver in tow he climbed to the highest point in Marble Hill and planted the Bronxflag. Marble Hill, though physically attached to the Bronx in 1913 with landfill, was legally Manhattan territory.
To mark the 75th anniversary of B.P. Lyons' audacious stunt, on Tuesday, March 11th Manhattan Borough Historian Michael Miscione will offer a lighthearted multimedia presentation about the curious history of Marble Hill.
See a photo of the flag-planting, read an amusing New York Times article about the event, and get complete details about the lecture here:
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