9 a.m. Call for Volunteers: Civil War 150th Anniversary
Green-Wood Cemetery 500 25th Street, BrooklynSunday, May 29, 2011 We need you! As we prepare for the celebration of the Sesquicentennial of the Civil War, we need as many hands as we can get. Help us place candles on the graves of our Civil War veterans. Spend a spring day at Green-Wood and know that you’re helping to honor the ... Read more
1 p.m. Historic Trolley Tour
Green-Wood Cemetery 500 25th Street, BrooklynSunday, May 29, 2011 On the last Sunday of each month (starting January 2010) there will be a historic trolley tour at Green-Wood. Similar to our Wednesday trolley tours (held each week, rain or shine), tours last approximately two hours and feature the beauty of Green-Wood’s grounds, the Cemetery’s history, its bird life, the most ... Read more
7 p.m. The Grand Procession: Civil War 150th Anniversary
Green-Wood Cemetery 500 25th Street, BrooklynSunday, May 29, 2011 7:00 PM MUSICAL WARM-UP. Join musicians, singers and re-enactors for a chance to hear Civil War melodies and talk with historians well-versed in the stories of the Civil War. We’ll have an 11-piece brass band, fiddlers and singers on hand for this overture to the Grand Procession. 8:15 PM GRAND PROCESSION. ... Read more