The Brooklyn Bar Association (BBA) recently hosted a historical tour of Green-Wood Cemetery, immersing participants in the rich military history of Brooklyn, on Wednesday, May 22. The “Battle of Brooklyn Trolley Tour” provided attendees with a unique opportunity to traverse the Revolutionary War battlefield within the historic cemetery. Led by Green-Wood Cemetery’s historian Jeff Richman […]
GREENWOOD HEIGHTS — Make no mistake about it: Brooklyn’s Memorial Day Parade, slated to take place on May 27, is a herculean undertaking. Acknowledged to be the oldest extant Memorial Day Parade in the U.S., Brooklyn’s first Memorial Day Parade took place in 1867, according to the parade committee. That said, it may be hard […]
GREEN-WOOD CEMETERY — The filmmaker Jane Schoenbrun is walking down a path in Green-Wood Cemetery in Brooklyn, looking for the pond they sat beside while working on the script to the film “I Saw the TV Glow.” Cemeteries aren’t often the chosen location for interviews, but the place holds particular meaning to Schoenbrun. Built in […]