PONKIESBERG FORTIFICATION REVOLUTIONARY WAR MEMORIAL PLAQUE
NEAR THIS PLACE DURING THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR STOOD THE PONKIESBERG FORTIFICATION FROM WHICH GENERAL GEORGE WASHINGTON IS SAID TO HAVE OBSERVED THE FIGHTING AT GOWANUS DURING THE BATTLE OF LONG ISLAND AUGUST 27, 1776. ERECTED IN 1926 BY THE SOUTH BROOKLYN SAVINGS INSTITUTION.
Listing Details
- Public
- REVOLUTIONARY WAR
- Bas-Reliefs
- 1926
- ATLANTIC AVENUE AND COURT STREET
- 11201
- BILL COUGHLIN
- COURTESY OF HMdb.org
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