PONKIESBERG FORTIFICATION REVOLUTIONARY WAR MEMORIAL PLAQUE
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Listing Details
Type of Memorial: Bas-Reliefs
Year Dedicated: 1926
Access: Public
Wars Commemorated: REVOLUTIONARY WAR
Photograph By: BILL COUGHLIN
Submitted By: COURTESY OF HMdb.org
NEAR THIS PLACE DURING THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR STOOD THE PONKIESBERG FORTIFICATION FROM WHICH GENERAL GEORGE WASHINGTON IS SAID TO HAVE OBSERVED THE FIGHTING AT GOWANUS DURING THE BATTLE OF LONG ISLAND AUGUST 27, 1776. ERECTED IN 1926 BY THE SOUTH BROOKLYN SAVINGS INSTITUTION.
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