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Flushing is a neighborhood in the northern part of the Borough of Queens in New York City , New York . Flushing is now home to large Chinese , Korean , Indian , Hispanic , and African American communities. HISTORY Pre-American Revolution The town of Flushing was first settled in 1645 under charter of the Dutch West India Company and was named after the city of Vlissingen , in the southwestern Netherlands , the main port of the WIC. The town was inhabited mostly by British settlers, including John Bowne , who would later become a leader in the movement to stop the harassment of local Quakers, prohibited by Governor Peter Stuyvesant from worshiping openly. Remnants of the Dutch period include the John Bowne House on Bowne Street, and the Flushing Quaker Meeting House on Northern Boulevard . The Flushing Remonstrance , signed there on December 27 , 1657 , protested religious persecution and led to the decision of the Dutch West India Company to allow Quakers and others to worship freely. As such, Flushing is claimed to be a birthplace of religious freedom in the new world. Flushing was occupied by British troops for most of the revolution. Post-American Revolution Flushing was the site of the first commercial tree nurseries in North America, the most prominent being the Prince, Bloodgood, and Parsons nurseries. Much of the northern section of Kissena Park , former site of the Parsons nursery, still contains a wide variety of exotic trees. The naming of streets intersecting Kissena Boulevard on its way toward Kissena Park celebrates this fact (Ash Street, Beech, Cherry ...Poplar, Quince, Rose). Flushing also supplied trees to the Greensward project, now known as Central Park in Manhattan. 20th century until today In 1921, Anne Francis Robbins was born in Flushing. She would later be known as Nancy Davis and, finally, Nancy Reagan , wife of Ronald Reagan . |
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