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Food shortages, Civil War draft laws, repression of demonstrations, and homeless evictions have caused rioting in Tompkins Square Park during its 184-year history. But its American Elms have withstood it all, including the tree that overlooked the USA’s first Hare Krishna chanting in 1966. Explore this once-troubled park from its ancient elms to its monument to the sinking of the General Slocum, NYC’s greatest human disaster before 9/11.