Year: 2011

Odds and Ends

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Thought you would find this tweet, sent on Memorial Day, interesting: @KBAndersen New York City, Omaha-born New Yorker, public radio host (Studio 360), novelist, journalist (Vanity Fair, New York). @KBAndersen Kurt Andersen In the shade on grass at Green-wood Cemetery with my family, among 100s of Brooklynites listening to Rhapsody In Blue. Bliss. #MemorialDay 30 May … Read more

The Spoon River Project

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THE LATE SHOW: OUTDOOR THEATER COMES TO GREEN-WOOD with THE SPOON RIVER PROJECT   Imagine sitting deep within Green-Wood Cemetery on a beautiful summer’s night when some of its permanent residents begin to appear in the distance, assemble in front of you, and one by one divulge their secrets, their private thoughts, their regrets and … Read more

What A Weekend!

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Yes, it was indeed quite a weekend. Our Memorial Day Weekend was in preparation for what seems like forever; it was actually only a year. And it was an amazing and moving experience. Since 2002, hundreds of volunteers have been identifying Civil War veterans at Green-Wood. We’ve written a biography for each of the 4,600 … Read more

The Artillery Has Arrived!

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Memorial Day Weekend is just a few days away. As those of you who follow my blog know, we have great plans for that weekend–the Grand Procession, the March of Honor, and an exhibition on our Civil War veterans, “Honoring Their Sacrifice.” We started setting the exhibition up yesterday and will continue to do so … Read more

“Honoring Their Sacrifice”

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We have big plans for the rapidly-approaching Memorial Day Weekend 2011. This spring is the sesquicentennial of the beginning of the Civil War–it all began 150 years ago. We are going to have a great exhibition (“Honoring Their Sacrifice”) in our Historic Chapel from May 28-June 12 (with 3 Civil War Artillery pieces, including a … Read more

To Be Displayed . . .

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Well, this is a bit of a strange one. Sue Ramsey is a wonderful researcher who is one of our very best Civil War Project Volunteers. About a year ago, Sue offered to do some follow-up research on our Civil War biographical dictionary. She wanted to see if she might be able to solve some … Read more

Another Find

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Asa Bird Gardiner (also spelled Gardner) (1840-1919) led a very interesting life. A native New Yorker, he enlisted there very early in the Civil War as a first lieutenant and was commissioned into the 31st New York Infantry. During that tour of duty, Colonel Calvin E. Pratt, commanding officer of the 31st, wrote from Alexandria, … Read more

“Off Limits”

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Friday was a very interesting day. I had been contacted several weeks ago by a production company interested in shooting a piece about Green-Wood for an upcoming Travel Channel show. I had not heard of the show, but it sounded interesting. Friday was the date for the shoot. I must admit, I really hadn’t done … Read more

The Union Forever!

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One hundred and fifty years ago, in April, 1861, war fever was sweeping New York City. In the wake of the bombardment of the Union garrison at Fort Sumter, in Charleston Harbor, South Carolina, Major Robert Anderson and his men were transported by ship to New York City. They arrive to a hero’s reception on … Read more