GREEN-WOOD HISTORIC FUND HONORS PETE HAMILL, AWARD-WINNING JOURNALIST, EDITOR AND NATIVE BROOKLYNITE AT FOURTH ANNUAL BENEFIT Proceeds will Support Historic Preservation Projects, Community Outreach Events & Educational Programs at Brooklyn’s Historic Green-Wood (Thursday, September 15, 2011—Brooklyn, NY) – Hundreds of New Yorkers gathered tonight for “The Fourth Annual Benefit for the Green-Wood Historic Fund” at … Read more
The Brooklyn Daily Eagle has just published a very nice article by Phoebe Neidl on Green-Wood’s Civil War Project. Read it here. I am quoted in the article as identifying Captain William Wheeler of Wheeler’s Battery as one of my favorite individuals whom I have discovered since the project began in 2002. Wheeler was a fascinating individual: … Read more
CONTACT: GREEN-WOOD HISTORIC FUND Colleen Roche 212-329-1413 Linden Alschuler & Kaplan Public Relations BROOKLYN’S HISTORIC GREEN-WOOD CEMETERY HONORS THOSE WHO PERISHED 50 YEARS AGO IN PLANE CRASH OVER NEW YORK CITY 134 Died on December 16, 1960 in Mid-Air Collision of United Airlines Flight 826 (From Chicago) and TWA Flight 266 (From Dayton & Columbus, … Read more
CONTACT: GREEN-WOOD HISTORIC FUND Colleen Roche 212-575-4545 Linden Alschuler & Kaplan Public Relations BROOKLYN NAVY YARD Shane Kavanagh 212-889-0808 The Marino Organization Eugenia Farrar is Remembered as the First Person Ever to Sing Over Wireless Radio (OCTOBER 6, 2010 Brooklyn, NY) – Early 20th-century opera signer, Eugenia Farrar – the first person in history to … Read more
FROM: GREEN-WOOD HISTORIC FUND CONTACT: Kim Esp/Colleen Roche 212-575-4545 Linden Alschuler & Kaplan Public Relations Proceeds will Support Historic Preservation Projects, Educational Programs & Community Outreach Events at Brooklyn’s Historic Green-Wood, A National Historic Landmark FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE (Brooklyn, NY—Thursday, September 16, 2010) – Hundreds of New Yorkers, including civic leaders, government officials, business leaders, … Read more
** REQUEST FOR CALENDAR LISTING ** Green-Wood Historic Fund hosts finale performances of angels & accordions Award-Winning Site-Specific Dance Performance Choreographed By Martha Bowers of Dance Theatre Etcetera Will Take Its Final Curtain Call At openhousenewyork On Saturday, October 9, 2010 at 12:30 p.m. & 4:00 p.m., the Green-Wood Historic Fund, in conjunction with openhousenewyork, … Read more
CONTACT: Kim Esp/Colleen Roche 212-575-4545 Linden Alschuler & Kaplan Public Relations “Artists in Permanent Residence” The Green-Wood Historic Fund Celebrates the Magnificent Art of Those Interred at Historic Green-Wood with a Free Exhibition FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Historic Green-Wood, a National Historic Landmark and treasured cultural center, will open its doors this weekend to art … Read more
** REQUEST FOR CALENDAR LISTING ** SUNDAY, AUGUST 29, 2010 1776 Comes Alive At Green-Wood Green-Wood Historic Fund Commemorates Battle of Brooklyn With Day-Long, Family Friendly Events Including Parade, Trolley Tour and 19th-Century Weapons Demonstrations By Revolutionary War Re-Enactors The Green-Wood Historic Fund will host a full day of family-friendly events on August 29, 2010 … Read more
** REQUEST FOR CALENDAR LISTING ** GREEN-WOOD HISTORIC FUND PROUDLY PRESENTS FALL/WINTER 2010 EVENT SCHEDULE An exciting array of historic walking tours, trolley tours and events make up the Green-Wood Historic Fund’s 2010 fall/winter schedule. These outdoor activities are part of an ongoing series of cultural and educational events that highlight Green-Wood Cemetery as an … Read more
FROM: GREEN-WOOD CEMETERY CONTACT: Kim Esp/Colleen Roche Linden Alschuler & Kaplan Public Relations 212-575-4545; kesp@lakpr.com Young Volunteers Work to Preserve Brooklyn’s Bronzed Beauty – the Statue of Minerva at Historic Green-Wood FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE (Brooklyn, NY July 27, 2010) – Historic Green-Wood’s resident bronzed beauty — the nine-foot tall Goddess of War, Minerva – got … Read more