Greenwood Cemetery, Brooklyn, NY
Sep 22, 2018 12:58:40 #
I visited beautiful and historic Greenwood Cemetery this week. Although I lived in Brooklyn for the first 24 years of my life, I knew very little about this place. It was the scene of the Battle of Brooklyn in the Revolutionary War, and the place from which the largest military evacuation in history took place. More soldiers were evacuated from this land than from Dunkirk. Many famous peoplke are buried here, such as Houdini, Leonard Bernstein, Boss Tweed, etc. If you are ever in NYC, go over to Brooklyn and take a tour of this place.
Sep 22, 2018 13:22:49 #
Sep 22, 2018 14:30:15 #
rdemarco52 wrote:
Thanks for sharing. Very interesting narrative. My father's family lived in Brooklyn and we would go visit every Sunday. Never learned about Greenwood. And I thought only trees grown in Brooklyn.lolI visited beautiful and historic Greenwood Cemeter... (show quote)
Sep 22, 2018 18:45:10 #
a bear! WOW!. I like the little "houses" that would do me , if ever I die.LOL
Sep 22, 2018 19:15:18 #
rdemarco52 wrote:
I visited beautiful and historic Greenwood Cemeter... (show quote)
Very nice, set, rdemarco52
Sep 23, 2018 06:56:39 #
safeman wrote:
The bear is fascinating do you suppose his demise was caused by a bear?
That is the head stone of William Holbrook Beard. He was a famous artist who specialized in animal paintings. One of his most famous was that of the bulls and bears fighting on Wall Street.
Sep 23, 2018 07:38:08 #
I lived on Brooklyn for the first 25 years of my life. It was a wonderful place to grow up. Never went to Greenwood Cemetery.
Sep 23, 2018 07:51:18 #
Sep 23, 2018 08:56:50 #
I was told the deceased painted a famous picture having to do with bulls and bears on Wall Street, but I did not get his name.
Sep 23, 2018 08:57:35 #
Sep 23, 2018 08:59:09 #
The tour guide also said that the look on the bear's face had to do with infusing some "Brooklyn attitude".
Sep 23, 2018 10:32:40 #
Thanks for the post, never would have guessed that such a beautiful palce existed in Brooklyn!
Sep 23, 2018 18:19:45 #
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