Sunday, May 10, 2026

Fort Greene Park

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

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...

Floating English Prisons – The Horrors Brooklynites Faced in the Fight for Independence

When most Americans think of the Revolutionary War, they recall names like Bunker Hill, Camden, Valley Forge, and Brandywine. But few think of Brooklyn,...

The Brooklyn Mayor Who Braved a Cholera Epidemic to Help the Sick

The village of Breukelen was founded by the Dutch in 1646. Over the next few centuries, this small riverside settlement grew into the fourth-largest...
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