115th Memorial Tribute to Prison Ship Martyrs

Memorial Tribute to the Prison Ship Martyrs at the base of the 149-foot-tall Monument on the hilltop in Fort Greene Park, a public ceremony hosted by the Society of Old Brooklynites. Under this towering monument in a large vault are the actual remains of 11,500 veterans from the American Revolutionary War, America’s first POWs. They were jailed in dungeon-like cells aboard British prison ships anchored in Brooklyn waters, and suffered under horrific conditions.

Program will include an Invocation, music interlude by an Opera singer, a maritime piping ceremony, TAPS, 8 slows bells struck on a Navy brass bell and wreath laying. In conjunction with the 247th anniversary of the Battle of Brooklyn.  FREE admission and open to the public.   For additional information:  Contact Ted General (718) 833-4928