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GOWANUS REVOLUTIONARY WAR MEMORIAL MURAL

GOWANUS REVOLUTIONARY WAR MEMORIAL MURAL
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Location: 9TH STREET AND 3RD AVENUE

City: BROOKLYN

State: New York

Zip Code: 11215

Type of Memorial: War Memorial Murals

Access: Public

Wars Commemorated: REVOLUTIONARY WAR

Photograph By: MATT GREEN

Submitted By: IMJUSTWALKIN.COM

THIS GRAFFITIED-OVER REVLOUTIONARY WAR MURAL PAINTED ON THE SIDE OF AN AMERICAN LEGION POST IN GOWANUS, BROOKLYN OVERLOOKS THE VACANT LOT WHERE SOME HISTORIANS BELIEVE AS MANY AS 256 MEMBERS OF THE MARYLAND 400, THE GRAVELY OUTNUMBERED SOLDIERS WHOSE SELF-SACRIFICE COUNTERATTACKS AGAINST THE BRITISH DURING THE BATTLE OF BROOKLYN, “SAVED THE AMERICAN ARMY”, LIE BURIED IN A MASS GRAVE.


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