The 1968 Senior League World Series took place from August 13–18 in Gary, Indiana, United States.
 New Hyde Park, New York defeated West Tampa, Florida in the championship game.
 It was the third straight title for New York.
 This was the first SLWS held in Gary.
Ann Rinaldi (born August 27, 1934 in New York City) is an American young adult fiction author.
 She is best known for her historical fiction, including "In My Father's House", "The Last Silk Dress", "An Acquaintance with Darkness", "A Break with Charity", "Numbering All The Bones" and "Hang a Thousand Trees with Ribbons".
 She has written a total of more than forty novels, eight of which were listed as notable by the ALA.
 In 2000, "Wolf by the Ears" was listed as one of the best novels of the preceding twenty-five years, and later of the last one hundred years.
 She also writes for the "Dear America" series.
The Little League World Series took place between August 22 and August 27 in Williamsport, Pennsylvania.
 Westbury American Little League of Houston, Texas defeated American Little League of West New York, New Jersey in the championship game of the 20th Little League World Series.
My America is a series of fictional diaries of children that take place during significant moments in American history.
 Created by Scholastic, it is a spin-off of the series, "Dear America", geared toward younger children (grades 3-5).
 The series covers: Jamestown, the American Revolution, the American Civil War, Westward Expansion, Underground Railroad, and slavery.
 Each topic has three books and is authored by a different writer.
 Writers include well respected and popular children's authors, such as Mary Pope Osborne of Magic Tree House fame.
 The series was discontinued in 2004, but the books continue to be a popular teaching device for introducing American history to elementary school age children.
The New York City Board of Transportation or the Board of Transportation of the City of New York (NYCBOT or BOT) was a city transit commission and operator in New York City, consisting of three members appointed by the mayor.
 It was created in 1924 to control city-owned and operated public transportation service within the New York City Transit System.
 The agency oversaw the construction and operation of the municipal Independent Subway System (IND), which was constructed shortly after the Board was chartered.
 The BOT later presided over the major transfers of public transit from private control to municipal control that took place in the 1940s, including the unification of the New York City Subway in 1940.
 In 1953, the Board was dissolved and replaced by the state-operated New York City Transit Authority, now part of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA).
The 1967 Senior League World Series took place from August 14–17 in Des Moines, Iowa, United States.
 Westbury, New York defeated West Des Moines, Iowa in the championship game.
 It was New York's second straight championship.
 This was the final SLWS held in Des Moines.
The Little League World Series took place between August 25 and August 29 in Williamsport, Pennsylvania.
 Mid-Island Little League of Staten Island, New York defeated Obispado Little League of Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico in the championship game of the 18th Little League World Series.
Dear America is a series of historical fiction novels for older girls published by Scholastic in 1996.
 The series was cancelled in 2004 with its final release, "Hear My Sorrow".
 However, it was relaunched in the fall of 2010.
 Each book is written in the form of a diary of a young woman's life during important events or time periods in American history.
 The Dear America series covers a wide range of topics, including: the Pilgrims' journey to the New World, the Salem Witch Trials, the French and Indian War, the American Revolution, the American Civil War, World War I, World War II, western expansion, slavery, immigration, nineteenth-century prairie life, the California Gold Rush of 1849, the Great Depression, Native Americans' experiences, racism, coal mining, the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire, the fight for women's suffrage, the sinking of the RMS "Titanic", the Battle of the Alamo, the Vietnam War, and more.
 The breadth of historical topics covered in these books through fiction makes the Dear America series a favorite teaching device of history schoolteachers around the country.
 The re-launch series and releases contain a new cover style and different pictures of the main characters then those of the original releases.
 Originally all the books had a ribbon inserted as a bookmarks for the books but were removed in the later releases.
 Several of the stories were filmed and released on videotape.
 There is also a televised adaptation on Qubo.
The 1968 Big League World Series took place from August 7–10 in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States.
 Charleston, West Virginia defeated New Hyde Park, New York in the championship game.
The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire in New York City on March 25, 1911 was the deadliest industrial disaster in the history of the city, and one of the deadliest in US history.
 The fire caused the deaths of 146 garment workers – 123 women and 23 men – who died from the fire, smoke inhalation, or falling or jumping to their deaths.
 Most of the victims were recent Italian and Jewish immigrant women aged 16 to 23; of the victims whose ages are known, the oldest victim was Providenza Panno at 43, and the youngest were 14-year-olds Kate Leone and "Sara" Rosaria Maltese.

Question: Which topic in the Dear America series took place in New York City?
Answer: Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire