In Wake Of Charleston Massacre, Congressman Jeffries Calls For Renaming Of General Lee Avenue
Source: Congressman Hakeem Jeffries/FacebookSome are scratching their heads over
why a Dyker Heights street would be named for a
Commemorate Memorial Day With Music & History This Weekend At Green-Wood Cemetery
Photo via Green-Wood Cemetery
[https://www.flickr.com/photos/greenwoodcemetery/5243724978/]Kick off summer and
commemorate Memorial Day at Green-Wood
Next Week: Hang Out With Abe & Mary Todd Lincoln At New Utrecht Reformed Church
Abraham and Mary Todd Lincoln portrayed by Robert Costello and Cheryl Mustachio.
President Abraham Lincoln and First Lady Mary Todd
The History Of Manhattan Beach And Brighton Beach
Moving the Brighton Beach Hotel (Source: New York Public Library via
ny.curbed.com)In the 1870s, Manhattan Beach and
Photo of the Day: A Soldier
A Civil War soldier from the 5th New York Volunteer Infantry, also known as
Duryée’s Zouaves [http://www.zouave.
History at Home: Visiting Green-Wood Cemetery
It’s difficult to miss our sprawling Green-Wood Cemetery
[http://www.green-wood.com/], but have you ever taken the time
Friends Of Historic New Utrecht Present Talk On Green-Wood Cemetery’s Civil War Project
Photo Credit: Katie McNishGreen-Wood Cemetery’s historian, Jeff Richman, will
tell the tale of the venerable cemetery’s ambitious project