Search results
Feb 25, 2023 · The Prison Ship Martyrs Monument in Brooklyn's Fort Greene Park memorializes thousands of Revolutionary War prisoners who were captured by the British and kept on Prison Ships.
- 2 min
- 1142
- BLACK IN THE CORE
Dec 4, 2020 · The Prison Ship Martyrs Monument in Fort Greene Park Brooklyn honors the fallen patriots who died on British Prison Ships in Wallabout Bay.
- 7 min
- 1059
- Queen Sofia Spanish Institute New York
The Prison Ship Martyrs' Monument is a war memorial at Fort Greene Park, in the New York City borough of Brooklyn. It commemorates more than 11,500 American prisoners of war who died in captivity aboard sixteen British prison ships during the American Revolutionary War.
In the center of Fort Greene Park in Brooklyn is the Stanford White designed monument to the Prison Ship Martyrs of the American Revolution. Dedicated in 190...
- 4 min
- 5.8K
- NYLandmarks
The NPS is considering the feasibility of designating the Prison Ship Martyrs Monument a unit of the national park system. The designation would be a first for Brooklyn.
Nov 18, 2019 · Discover Prison Ship Martyrs' Monument in Brooklyn, New York: This beautiful Brooklyn monument over a crypt memorializes a grim and largely unknown story from the American Revolution.
The British held thousands of captives on prison ships anchored in Wallabout Bay. Over 11,500 men and women died of overcrowding, contaminated water, starvation, and disease aboard the ships, and their bodies were hastily buried along the shore.
