It has been a hot summer, but New Yorkers were really feeling the heat back in the summer of 1776 as more and more British ships dropped anchor in New York Harbor daily. While our young nation ...

We lost the battle, but we won the war. Kings County is gearing up for a week of festivities celebrating the Battle of Brooklyn. The Old Stone House in Park Slope and Green-Wood Cemetery have planned ...

Battle of Brooklyn Demonstration on Aug. 18, 10 a.m. – 2 p.m.: The Harbor Defense Museum hosts a Battle of Brooklyn Exercise followed by presentations with a guest speaker/historian. The museum is ...

The 241st anniversary of the Battle of Brooklyn is being celebrated this week, and there is still time to join in on some of the planned activities. The battle is considered one of America’s greatest ...

On Sunday, August 28th from 11am to 3pm, visitors of all ages can step back in time to the revolutionary era through Green-Wood's commemoration of the Battle of Brooklyn, fought in 1776 on land where ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Tucked inside Washington Park in Park Slope, the Old Stone House stands as a quiet but powerful link to Brooklyn's earliest days - ...

Brooklynites gathered across the borough this weekend to commemorate the anniversary of the Battle of Brooklyn, and honor the revolutionary patriots at rest in Kings County. In Fort Greene Park, the ...

A new exhibition at the Brooklyn Public Library's Center for Brooklyn History is offering visitors a deeper look at Brooklyn's role in the Revolutionary War and a historic defeat many consider a ...