Green-Wood Cemetery was founded in 1838 in
Brooklyn and became a National Historic Landmark in 2006. It consists of over 450 acres of mature trees and over half a million graves. There are numerous notables buried here and it was used by New Yorkers as a park before the design of Central Park across the river. Click
HERE to visit the Green-Wood website and
HERE to see
Green-Wood on google earth.
The highest point in
Brooklyn is located inside
Green-Wood, where a monument to the Civil War and Revolutionary War can be found at '
Battle Hill'. The site is part of an area that saw the first major battle of the Revolutionary War after the U.S. had declared independence, known as the '
Battle of Long Island'. Below is the view of downtown
Manhattan from the hill.
Captain Mathisen was a Freemason, as can be seen by the symbol over his name.
The Statue of Liberty in the distance from one end of the cemetery.
Green-Wood Cemetery was founded in 1838 in Brooklyn and became a National Historic Landmark in 2006. It consists of over 450 acres of mature trees and over half a million graves. There are numerous notables buried here and it was used by New Yorkers as a park before the design of Central Park across the river. Click HERE to visit the Green-Wood website and HERE to see Green-Wood on google earth. 
The highest point in Brooklyn is located inside Green-Wood, where a monument to the Civil War and Revolutionary War can be found at 'Battle Hill'. The site is part of an area that saw the first major battle of the Revolutionary War after the U.S. had declared independence, known as the 'Battle of Long Island'. Below is the view of downtown Manhattan from the hill.
Captain Mathisen was a Freemason, as can be seen by the symbol over his name.
The Statue of Liberty in the distance from one end of the cemetery. 
4 comments:
Those are beautiful photos! I was able to visit G-W for the first time last month on a visit home to NYC and found some of my ancestors' graves....It took a long time even with a map and the right lot numbers though, it is even bigger than I imagined!
I love the view of Manhattan! It's pretty cool from Astoria too.
Green-Wood is heaven. I wish people could still picnic here, as was done in the 19th century.
Amazing. The photos are brilliant. The landscape is beutiful.
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