Give us back New York wants New York back to New Amsterdam… Waht a way to spend your time.. well the site gives some interesting reading
“For over 200 years, we’ve watched our proud city evolve the wrong way. But the bell has chimed! The time has come for New York to be returned to its righteous owner: The Netherlands!�
Nico Akkerman, President of
Give Us Back New York
On the other hand, the site has some interesting facts.. I don’t know if they are true, but fun to read anyways:
- The Dutch settlers of New Amsterdam were called Yankees by the English, because the most common Dutch male names at the time were Jan & Kees.
- When New Yorkers are talking about the stoop in front of there house, they are actually talking about their “stoep”, which is a sidewalk.
- Brooklyn comes from Breukelen.
- Staten Island is named after the “staten generaal”, our old form of government (or something).
- The Bronx was named after the farm of Dutch immigrant Paul Bronk.
- Furthermore in Brooklyn and the Bronx, you find a lot of streetnames like Ten Eijck, Havemeijer en Boerum, which are Dutch names.
- Tales like Rip van Winkle and Sleepy Hollow all take place in Dutch immigrants settlements.
- Harlem is named after Amsterdam’s neighbouring city Haarlem.
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