Green-Wood presents OUR TOWN Thornton Wilder’s 1938 classic, directed by James Presson. Enjoy a classic piece of American theater amidst the timeless beauty of Green-Wood Cemetery. Our Town tells the story of Emily Webb and George Gibbs of Grover’s Corners, New Hampshire, a small New England town at the turn of the twentieth century. But … Read more
Have you ever gone on an amusement park ride and screamed at the top of your lungs? If so, you owe a great big “thank you” to William F. Mangels. And Green-Wood and the Coney Island History Project will be thanking him in a few months–with a ground-breaking exhibition in our Historic Chapel: “William F. … Read more
Long before pocket-size packs and foil wrappers, chewing gum was marketed in far more ornate packages. Entrepreneur Thomas Adams (1818-1905) and his gum company Adams & Sons were great innovators of the business. Adams was the first to make gum using chicle from South America, and the product, Chiclets, is still popular today. Adams & Sons also pioneered machine production of gum, sold the first flavored gum, and were the first to install chewing gum vending machines in the New York City subways.
Winter 2014 [pdf height=”1210px”]https://www.green-wood.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/the_arch_magazine_2014_winter.pdf#zoom=55[/pdf] Winter/Spring 2013 Inside this issue: Green-Wood’s 175th anniversary, Sandy hammers Green-Wood, Angel of Music sculpture, 2012 benefit, and more. Click here to download a PDF of the issue. Spring/Summer 2012 Inside this issue: The Weir Greenhouse purchase, Historic Fund art collection growth, Monitor launch 150th anniversary, and … Read more
Well, it wasn’t easy getting through this long and cold winter. But, spring has finally arrived at Green-Wood. Spring–a time of rebirth, a time of bloom, a time of life, renewed and restored. So, a few photographs of one of the real pleasures at Green-Wood: our earliest spring blooms. Undoubtedly, just a few days further … Read more
Tuesday, April 15, was a rainy and windy day. Winter trying to slide back in for a final run. It was a good day to finish up your taxes. But it was an even better day to honor America’s first baseball hero, James Creighton. It was Jim’s 173rd birthday. So, who was this James Creighton? … Read more
Green-Wood’s first historian, Nehemiah Cleaveland, died on April 17th in 1877.
April 16: On this date in 1957, Johnny Torrio, organized crime boss who taught Al Capone the business, died.
April 15: In 1912, on this date, the RMS Titanic, a magnificent passenger liner that was thought to be unsinkable, sank; just over 1500 people, including passengers William Augustus Spencer and Wycoff Vanderhoef, lost their lives.
April 14: On this date in 1865, actress Laura Keene was on stage at Ford’s Theatre in Washington, D.C., when President Abraham Lincoln was assassinated.