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Green-Wood Cemetery

About the Mayor

James B. Howell: The Brooklyn Mayor Who Became a Trustee of the Brooklyn Bridge

Amelia Brown -
James B. Howell was a newspaper editor, a lawyer by trade, and a politician. While he held several important roles, he is best remembered...
About the Mayor

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

Charlotte Wilson -
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...
Military history

Brooklyn During the Civil War: Thousands of Residents on the Battlefield

Harry Taylor -
The U.S. Civil War changed the course of American history. President Abraham Lincoln and the army preserved the Union and ended slavery in the...

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