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...
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 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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