March 10: Charles Schieren


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March 10

On this date in 1915, Charles Schieren, who had served as mayor of the City of Brooklyn, died. On the next day, his wife Mary, who had been nursing him, also died. A bronze sculpture, by Solon Borglum, “The Angel of Death,” was erected at their graves.

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