ALTAR TO LIBERTY REVOLUTIONARY WAR MEMORIAL
THIS MEMORIAL, ERECTED IN 1919 ON THE HIGHEST POINT BROOKLYN, WAS FOR MANY YEARS THE ONLY MEMORIAL TO THE BATTLE OF LONG ISLAND. THE FIRST EXTENDED FIGHTING OF THE AUGUST 27, 1776 BATTLE OCCURRED ON THIS HILL. MINERVA, THE GODDESS OF WISDOM, GLORY AND PATRIOTISM, HOLDS UP HER HAND IN A SALUTE OF LIBERTY WHICH IS VISIBLE FROM THE ALTAR OF LIBERTY.
Listing Details
- Cemetery
- REVOLUTIONARY WAR
- Statues War or Military Related
- 1919
- GREEN WOOD CEMETERY-BATTLE AVENUE
- 11232
- BILL COUGHLIN
- COURTESY OF HMdb.org
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