Knickerbocker Greys
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Over the years, many of New York's prominent families enrolled their sons in the Greys. Originally for boys ages 8-16, the Greys first accepted girls in 1986.{{Cite news |last=Konigsberg |first=Eric |date=March 11, 2007 |title=Manhattan’s Littlest Soldiers |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/11/nyregion/11grays.html |access-date=April 20, 2026}}"Cadet Colonels." [http://www.knickerbockergreys.org/colonels.htm] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081121033057/http://www.knickerbockergreys.org/colonels.htm |date=2008-11-21 }} 2006. Retrieved March 23, 2009. Cadet Colonel from 1999, A. Edward Major, III, is unlisted. |
Over the years, many of New York's prominent families enrolled their sons in the Greys. Originally for boys ages 8-16, the Greys first accepted girls in 1986.{{Cite news |last=Konigsberg |first=Eric |date=March 11, 2007 |title=Manhattan’s Littlest Soldiers |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/11/nyregion/11grays.html |access-date=April 20, 2026}}"Cadet Colonels." [http://www.knickerbockergreys.org/colonels.htm] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081121033057/http://www.knickerbockergreys.org/colonels.htm |date=2008-11-21 }} 2006. Retrieved March 23, 2009. Cadet Colonel from 1999, A. Edward Major, III, is unlisted. |
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| ⚫ | The program is open to boys and girls ages 7 to 16, and meet on Tuesday afternoons from 4:45 - 6pm during the school year. The Greys meet at the Park Avenue Armory at East 67th Street, where they learn traditional marching, practice color guards, practice public speaking and learn about history."About the Greys." [http://www.knickerbockergreys.org/about.htm] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081003093442/http://www.knickerbockergreys.org/about.htm |date=2008-10-03 }} 2006. Retrieved March 23, 2009. |
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| ⚫ | As cadets master new skills, they pass on their knowledge to the younger cadets. The Greys appear in public events in New York, performing color guards for historical and civic events, marching in the Veteran's Day and Flag Day Parades, taking part in George Washington's Inauguration reenactment, and wreath laying at The Soldier's and Sailor's Monument on Memorial Day.Shapiro, Gary. "Celebrating 125 with the Knickerbocker Greys." [http://www.nysun.com/arts/celebrating-125-with-the-knickerbocker-greys/31070/] 2006. Retrieved March 23, 2009. |
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| ⚫ | In March 2022, the Park Avenue Armory Conservancy, a tenant in the Armory, moved to evict the Greys from their basement headquarters of over 120 years (800 square foot space). The case is pending before Justice Jeanine Johnson in NY Commercial Civil Court [https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/nyscef/DocumentList?docketId=6Y8XiTXNG/kxFnNfLORYZA==&PageNum=2&narrow= NY Commercial Court Docket]{{Cite web |last=Gruskin |first=Abigail |title=UES Rallies Behind The Knickerbocker Greys |url=https://www.ourtownny.com/news/ues-rallies-behind-the-knickerbocker-greys-HB2047090 |access-date=2022-09-06 |website=www.ourtownny.com |language=en-US}} |
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==Notable former cadets== |
==Notable former cadets== |
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*[[Nelson Rockefeller]], Vice President of the United States, Governor of New York |
*[[Nelson Rockefeller]], Vice President of the United States, Governor of New York |
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*[[Cornelius Vanderbilt III]], inventor and engineer |
*[[Cornelius Vanderbilt III]], inventor and engineer |
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| ⚫ | The program is open to boys and girls ages 7 to 16, and meet on Tuesday afternoons from 4:45 - 6pm during the school year. The Greys meet at the Park Avenue Armory at East 67th Street, where they learn traditional marching, practice color guards, practice public speaking and learn about history."About the Greys." [http://www.knickerbockergreys.org/about.htm] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081003093442/http://www.knickerbockergreys.org/about.htm |date=2008-10-03 }} 2006. Retrieved March 23, 2009. |
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| ⚫ | As cadets master new skills, they pass on their knowledge to the younger cadets. The Greys appear in public events in New York, performing color guards for historical and civic events, marching in the Veteran's Day and Flag Day Parades, taking part in George Washington's Inauguration reenactment, and wreath laying at The Soldier's and Sailor's Monument on Memorial Day.Shapiro, Gary. "Celebrating 125 with the Knickerbocker Greys." [http://www.nysun.com/arts/celebrating-125-with-the-knickerbocker-greys/31070/] 2006. Retrieved March 23, 2009. |
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| ⚫ | In March 2022, the Park Avenue Armory Conservancy, a tenant in the Armory, moved to evict the Greys from their basement headquarters of over 120 years (800 square foot space). The case is pending before Justice Jeanine Johnson in NY Commercial Civil Court [https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/nyscef/DocumentList?docketId=6Y8XiTXNG/kxFnNfLORYZA==&PageNum=2&narrow= NY Commercial Court Docket]{{Cite web |last=Gruskin |first=Abigail |title=UES Rallies Behind The Knickerbocker Greys |url=https://www.ourtownny.com/news/ues-rallies-behind-the-knickerbocker-greys-HB2047090 |access-date=2022-09-06 |website=www.ourtownny.com |language=en-US}} |
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==References== |
==References== |
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