These SOBs know how to have a good time
That's the Society of Old Brooklynites, which celebrated its 133rd anniversary Sunday
Don’t let their nickname mislead you – the SOBs are a cultivated crew, and they throw lovely parties.
The Society of Old Brooklynites, living repositories of the borough’s history and folklore, soaked up some secrets of the Brooklyn Navy Yard Sunday at the celebration of the group’s 133rd anniversary.
Daniella Romano, curator and archivist of the Brooklyn Navy Yard Museum, told the assembled crowd at the Bay Ridge Manor luncheon she thinks the Navy Yard was created after the American Revolution “almost as a memorial” for the patriots who died aboard the British “prison hulks” whose presence darkened Wallabout Bay during the brutal war.