Generally Speaking: Maryland 400 hailed and Battle of Brooklyn commemorated at Green-Wood
On Saturday, August 29, with a small parade around Washington Park on Fifth Avenue and Fourth Street, the annual Maryland 400 Commemoration – in conjunction with the 239th anniversary of the Battle of Brooklyn – kicked off.
It was led by bagpiper Bob O’Hare, members of the Brooklyn Irish American Parade Committee and the Commodore John Barry Club plus American Legionnaire from the Michael Rawley and McFadden Bros. Posts.
Seated under a large tent erected behind the Old Stone House, the formal program began with the singing of the American and Irish national anthems by John Houlihan, followed by remarks by Kathleen McDonagh, who chaired the event; Peter DeAngelis, Assemblymember James Brennan, former Assemblymember Joseph Ferris and by Kim Maier, executive director of the Old Stone House and the coordinator of Brooklyn Battle Week.