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| New York Facts |
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Rochester, New York is known as both the Flour City and the Flower City. The community is home to the first abolitionist group, bloomers, marshmallows, Jell-O, French's Mustard, baby shoes, gold teeth and the mail chute. |
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Sam Wilson, a meatpacker from Troy, New York who's caricature Uncle Sam came to personify the United States is buried at Troy's Oakwood Cemetery. |
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The first presentation of 3D films before a paying audience took place at Manhattan's Astor Theater on June 10, 1915 in Manhattan, New York. |
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