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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM10ES_sgt-john-basilone_Athens-NY.html
In memory ofSgt. John BasiloneU.S. Marine CorpsKilled at Iwo JimaFebuary 19, 1945Awarded Congressional Medal of HonorandNavy Cross
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM10ER_memorial-grove_Athens-NY.html
Memorial Grove was created to honor Bronx men who served in World War II and Korea. The grove is shaded by Pin oaks (Quercus palustris), Red oaks (Quercus rubra), and Norway maples (Acer platanoides). Memorial Grove was first planted in 1949 to ho…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM10E9_cortlandt-house_Athens-NY.html
Built by Frederick van CortlandtMDCCXLVIIIPlaced in the custody of theColonial Dames of the Stateof New York - MDCCXLVIIIOpened by them as a public MuseumMDCCCXCVIIThis large estate has been heldcontinuously by the descendantsof Jacobus van Court…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMNGZ_fort-greene-historic-district_Athens-NY.html
Fort Greene is a neighborhood with unusually consistent 19th century domestic architecture developed principally in the short span between 1855 and 1875. Fort Greene Park was created in 1848 at the instigation of poet Walt Whitman who was then the…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMNGY_brooklyn-city-railroad-company-building_Athens-NY.html
This handsome red brick building was built in 1860-61 as offices for the city of Brooklyn Railroad Company, one of New York City's first large-scale transit operators. By 1867, the company served 22 million passengers annually, operating twelve li…