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A free immersive walking tour in downtown Manhattan in celebration of America’s 250th Anniversary reframes New York as the heart of the American Revolution \u2013 set in the Assassin\u2019s Creed\u00ae universe<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
A free immersive walking tour in downtown Manhattan in celebration of America’s 250th Anniversary reframes New York as the heart of the American Revolution \u2013 set in the Assassin\u2019s Creed\u00ae universe<\/p>\n
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New York, NY (February 12, 2026) \u2013\u00a0NYC Revolutionary Trail:\u00a0Echoes of Revolution<\/a>\u00a0will launch in June 2026 to celebrate America\u2019s upcoming 250th\u00a0anniversary. Founded by The Gotham Center for NYC History at The Graduate Center, City University of New York, the multimedia 90-minute walking tour in downtown Manhattan reframes New York at the heart of the American Revolution. Partnering with Video Game Publisher Ubisoft and Creative Technology Studio Sugar Creative, the Gotham Center is launching\u00a0Echoes of Revolution\u00a0as a\u00a0FREE, mobile, geo-located immersive walking tour that uses augmented reality to place visitors inside Revolutionary-era New York, including characters, ships, and streets recreated from Ubisoft Inc.\u2019s Assassin\u2019s Creed\u2019s universe.\u00a0Echoes of Revolution\u00a0is a new version of Gotham\u2019s original NYC Revolutionary Trail App and will also partner with the Museum of the City of New York for the upcoming exhibit, \u201cThe Occupied City,\u201d to ring in New York\u2019s 250th\u00a0celebration.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhile Boston and Philadelphia often dominate the conversation about America\u2019s Revolution, New York was at the center of events surrounding Independence and the City\u2019s history is often overlooked. The war literally began and ended in the city, from the earliest major battle \u2013 the largest and most important of the war \u2013 to the British evacuation,\u201d said\u00a0Peter-Christian Aigner, Co-Founder of NYC Revolutionary Trail and Director of the Gotham Center for New York City History at The Graduate Center, City University of New York.\u00a0\u201cOur goal is to correct this misunderstanding and reframe New York as the city at the heart of the American Revolution. We are thrilled to partner with Ubisoft and Sugar Creative to launch NYC Revolutionary Trail and bring history to life in a compelling, immersive and interactive way that will attract a new generation of history fans.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Starting at the Battery and ending at Federal Hall via Bowling Green, Wall Street, and other pivotal sites, the 90-minute, 3-mile walking tour will transport visitors back in time on a journey throughout lower Manhattan, where they will relive pivotal historical moments from the founding of the United States, uncover the stories that shaped the nation\u2019s beginnings in the actual locations where they took place, and have a close-up experience of the \u201ccity at the heart of the Revolution,\u201d with each stop providing audio narration with site information, character profiles, videos and links to Center\u2019s Library.<\/p>\n
The Trail will incorporate cutting-edge AR and geolocation technology alongside exclusive historical environments and character assets from the Assassin\u2019s Creed universe, allowing visitors to explore a digitally reconstructed colonial New York layered directly onto today\u2019s streets.<\/p>\n
\u201cUbisoft is excited about using the worlds of Assassin\u2019s Creed III and Assassin\u2019s Creed Rogue to bring key moments of the American Revolution to life for visitors exploring the streets of New York City,\u201d said\u00a0Amy Jenkins-Le Guerrou\u00e9, Strategic Alliances Director at Ubisoft.<\/p>\n
\u201cEchoes of Revolution\u00a0brings Revolutionary-era history to life in New York City in a way that no single museum or statue can by connecting people physically to the stories and places where history actually unfolded,\u201d said\u00a0Will Humphrey, Creative Director of Cardiff-based Sugar Creative Labs.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe Freedom Trail that many of us visited on school trips as kids helped redefine Boston\u2019s place in the story of the American Revolution,\u201d said\u00a0Ted Knudsen,\u00a0Co-Founder of the NYC Revolutionary Trail and Professor of History at CUNY Queens College.\u00a0\u201cBy connecting nationally significant sites through a simple, accessible walking route, it became a beloved tradition for families, students, locals, and visitors\u2014and permanently put Boston on the historical map. Our goal is to do the same for New York. As the nation approaches its 250th anniversary, we\u2019re inviting New Yorkers and visitors alike to rediscover the city\u2019s central role in the founding of the United States.\u201d<\/p>\n
In addition, as part of NYC Revolutionary Trail, The Gotham Center offers an\u00a0online classroom\u00a0featuring short, standard-aligned lesson modules for middle school, high school, and college students nationwide.<\/p>\n
Echoes of Revolution\u00a0was made possible by support from the\u00a0Robert David Lion Gardiner Foundation<\/a>, the Leon Levy Foundation, the Achelis-Bodman Foundation, Creative Wales and Media Cymru through UK Research and Innovation\u2019s Strength in Places Fund (SIPF) and New York\u2019s Downtown Alliance.<\/p>\n
More details of New York City Revolutionary Trail will be announced in the coming weeks.<\/p>\n
For more information, visit\u00a0https:\/\/nycrevolutionarytrail.org<\/a>\u00a0or follow on Instagram\u00a0@NYCRevTrail<\/a>,\u00a0Facebook<\/a>\u00a0or X\u00a0@NYCRevTrail<\/a>.<\/p>\n
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