Mayor Of Japanese City Leads Pilgrimage To CCNY

Delegation from Shimoda to Honor Townsend Harris July 14http://www1.ccny.cuny.edu/advancement/news/Mayor-Of-Japanese-City-Leads-Pilgrimage-To-CCNY.cfm Hon. Naoki Ishii, Mayor of Shimoda, Japan, will lead a 14-member delegation on a pilgrimage to The City College of New York (CCNY) July 14 to honor CCNY’s founder Townsend Harris, who opened the first U.S. consulate in Japan. The party will be the 24th delegation from Shimoda to visit CCNY to pay homage to Mr. Harris, who founded the College as The Free Academy in 1847.  The visit coincides with the 150th anniversary of the visit of the