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Day 82

July 1, 1912: The Week Ahead

As 'Abdu'l-Bahá returns to New York, we take a look at the week ahead.

The battleship USS Florida steaming up the East River in New York, 1912. Library of Congress / Irving Underhill

Day 82
July 1, 1912 new york, ny

July 1, 1912: The Week Ahead

As 'Abdu'l-Bahá returns to New York, we take a look at the week ahead.
By Jonathan Menon
Published: July 1, 2012 Updated: July 4, 2013

‘ABDU’L-BAHÁ ARRIVED BACK in the city late yesterday evening. He’ll stay in New York for just over three weeks before heading up the east coast for a month-long trip to Dublin, New Hampshire and Eliot, Maine..

In the week ahead: a profile of New Yorker Juliet Thompson, Woodrow Wilson wins the Democratic nomination, and fireworks on the Fourth of July.