Peter Minuit - Legacy

Legacy

  • Peter Minuit Plaza, north of the South Ferry-Whitehall Street subway station and adjacent to the Staten Island Ferry Whitehall Terminal;
  • A marker in Inwood Hill Park at the supposed site of the purchase of Manhattan;
  • A granite flagstaff base in Battery Park, which depicts the historic purchase;
  • A school and playground in East Harlem are named for him;
  • The Peter Minuit Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution; and
  • A memorial on Moltkestraße in Wesel, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.

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