May 28: ON THIS DAY IN HISTORY
ON THIS DAY IN 1845, the Brooklyn Daily Eagle reported, “Greenwood Cemetery. — This beautiful City of the Dead has put on its spring attire, and become a delightful — as it always is an instructive — place of resort. We took a drive through it the other day, and noted down some of the recent improvements; but the memoranda having slipped from our possession, and all attempts to discover it proved unavailing, we are compelled to get along as best we may. The road which leads to the Cemetery has been completed, and the entrance changed to the rear of the cottage and tower, where shrubs and flowering plants are scattered about. This point is guarded by the keeper with a Cerberus-like fidelity, and no person is allowed to enter in a vehicle or on horseback without presenting his ticket. A recollection of this fact may save many parties from disappointment … Nothing can be more grateful to the care worn mortal than to steal away from office or workshop on a pleasant eve (like this) and visit the Greenwood Cemetery; and we are surprised that more of our citizens do not try the experiment.”
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ON THIS DAY IN 1875, the Eagle reported, “The Local Committees of the Eastern District schools, at a meeting held last night at the library, in Fifth street, decided to dispense with Monday’s session, that teachers and children may participate in the commemorative exercises of Decoration Day.”
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