Brooklyn service medal

Military history

How Brooklyn Honored the Heroes of the War of Independence – The History of the Service Medal

Mila Carrie - 20.02.2025

After General Robert E. Lee’s army surrendered in April 1865, many Union volunteers from Brooklyn finally returned home. Soon after, then-Mayor Alfred M. Wood...

The story of a Brooklyn native, veteran of the Battle of the Bulge

26.11.2025

The role of women in World War I — nurses who saved lives

26.11.2025

Brooklyn Military Memorial — History of Creation

26.11.2025

Fort Hamilton in Brooklyn — the face of the US Army in New York

26.11.2025

Brooklyn and World War II — at the forefront of the home front

25.11.2025