9. Mother Cabrini Statue
In 2020, a statue in honor of Mother Cabrini was unveiled at The Battery. Located just south of the South Cove on the Battery Park Esplanade, the statue honors the woman who was the first American citizen to be made a saint by the Roman Catholic Church. In her life, Mother Cabrini established hospitals in New York City, Chicago, and Seattle. Originally interred at her orphanage in West Park, New York, after she was canonized on July 7, 1946, her body was exhumed and relocated to the St. Frances Cabrini Shrine in Northern Manhattan, which you can visit today.