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âMaybe We Can Be Friendsâ: New Yorkers Re-emerge in a Changed City
Even as many left the city for the Fourth of July weekend, pockets of activity provided a glimpse of post-pandemic life.
Jonny OâLeary wore his mask while playing chess with his friend in Washington Square Park. Some New Yorkers remain uneasy about the virus.Credit.Brittainy Newman for The New York Times
July 5, 2021Updated 7:50 p.m. ET
This Fourth of July, Iyabo Boyd did two things that she said would have been unthinkable a year ago. She went to a barbecue in a strangerâs yard, and she met new people.
Holy cow! History: The body in the trunk; who killed Elsie Sigel?
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“Will be home soon,” it said. “Don’t worry.” It was signed EJS.
But the parents did worry. They hadn’t seen 19-year-old Elsie J. Sigel for days.
The Sigels were socially prominent New Yorkers. Grandfather Franz Sigel was a famous Civil War general. A German immigrant, he inspired adoring German Americans to sing, “I goes to fight mit Sigel.” When his statue was unveiled in 1907, 100,000 New Yorkers showed up. The Big Apple’s Franz Sigel Park still memorializes him.
Sigel’s son Paul was wealthy. Like many society women of that era, his wife Anne taught Sunday School at genteel St. Andrew’s Church on Fifth Avenue. But it wasn’t a typical Sunday School class. It specifically welcomed Chinese immigrants.