There is always more to be learned about Green-Wood. And one can never tell how the next discovery will occur. Several weeks ago, I was contacted by Lance Ingmire. I know Lance–he served on New York State’s Civil War Sesquicentenial Commission. He also served as president of the Friends of the New York State Military … Read more
Leonard Jerome (1817-1891), who is interred at Green-Wood, was tremendously wealthy–he spent most of his life speculating in and manipulating stocks on Wall Street, making and losing several huge fortunes. George Templeton Strong, New York City’s great 19th century diarist, described him disparagingly as “Jerome (Not the Saint But the Stockjobber).” One contemporary described him … Read more
We are regularly adding items to The Green-Wood Historic Fund’s Collections that help us tell the story of the cemetery and/or its permanent residents. Photographs. Books. Prints. Radios. Crocks. Silver. All sorts of things. And now this: As soon as I saw this object, I knew we had to have it–because of the story we … Read more
Almost four years ago, Green-Wood purchased the New York City landmark Weir Greenhouse. Work to convert it into a visitors center is proceeding apace; hopefully it will be open by the end of 2016. Soon after the purchase of the Weir Greenhouse, Green-Wood purchased the adjoining real estate of the Brooklyn Monument Company. The two … Read more
I am always looking for photographs of the 5,000 Civil War veterans and others who played a role in the war and are interred at Green-Wood. Their biographies went up on our website this past Memorial Day as a tribute to the men and women who sacrificed so much in defense of the Union. Those … Read more
Kim Rancourt is a veteran licensed New York City tour guide. He tells me he has led 2,500 tours of Rockefeller Center and now leads tours of Lincoln Center. He also is a big fan of Coney Island. And now of Green-Wood, which he discovered a few years ago. So, Kim, armed with the map … Read more
I love landscape photography, cemeteries in general, Green-Wood in particular, and fall foliage. Enjoy!
Cartoonist Vincent Musacchia, a lifelong Brooklynite, died last month and was inurned (his cremated body placed in an urn) at Green-Wood this past Tuesday. Vince had reported recently on a blog that, for the last three years, he had been “. . . freelancing. Working on Advertising, Comic Strips & Comic Book projects.” On October … Read more
I have been a collector all of my life. I started off collecting coins and stamps and baseball cards and more. In 1980, I started collecting sterescopic views–those side-by-side photographs glued to cardboard that, when placed in a viewer, fooled the eye and the brain into believing they were seeing a 3D scene. They were … Read more
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