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Green-Wood Historic Fund

Historic Trolley Tour Multiple Dates 2013-08-28 13:00:00 2013-08-28 15:00:00

500 25th Street 500 25th Street Brooklyn ,  NY | View map

Experience the most magnificent and historic 478 acres in New York City. Join our expert tour guide to hear fascinating stories of...

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Green-Wood's Annual Memorial Day Concert 5/27/13 2:30PM - 5PM 2013-05-27 14:30:00 2013-05-27 17:00:00

500 25th Street 500 25th Street Brooklyn ,  NY | View map

This year Green-Wood celebrates 15 years of bringing Memorial Day music to visitors from all over the area. The concert features the ISO...

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Memorial Day Trolley Mini-Tour 5/27/13 5PM - 6PM 2013-05-27 17:00:00 2013-05-27 18:00:00

500 25th Street 500 25th Street Brooklyn ,  NY | View map

This year Green-Wood celebrates 15 years of bringing Memorial Day music to visitors from all over the area. The concert features the ISO...

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The Spoon River Project Multiple Dates 2013-06-30 16:00:00 2013-06-30 18:00:00

500 25th Street 500 25th Street Brooklyn ,  NY | View map

“In the center of Brooklyn’s vast Green-Wood cemetery, actors are bringing characters to life in the moonlight.” – WNYC The Green-Wood...

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The Spoon River Project (Day and Evening Shows) Multiple Dates 2013-06-30 16:00:00 2013-06-30 18:00:00

500 25th Street 500 25th Street Brooklyn ,  NY | View map

“In the center of Brooklyn’s vast Green-Wood cemetery, actors are bringing characters to life in the moonlight.” – WNYC The Green-Wood...

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The Spoon River Project (Midnight Shows) Multiple Dates 2013-06-29 23:30:00 2013-06-30 01:30:00

500 25th Street 500 25th Street Brooklyn ,  NY | View map

“In the center of Brooklyn’s vast Green-Wood cemetery, actors are bringing characters to life in the moonlight.” – WNYC The Green-Wood...

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Twilight Tour and Mausoleum Mixer 5/18/13 7PM - 9:30PM

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There are few places more atmospheric than a cemetery at dusk – and Green-Wood is top notch when it comes to beauty and atmosphere. So take...

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Life and Death on Sportsmen’s Row: Brooklyn’s Eighth Avenue and Green-Wood 5/12/13 1PM - 3PM

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In the 1890s, a swath of Eighth Avenue was grandly deemed Sportsmen’s Row for the many residents in horseracing as owners, trainers, and...

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Green-Wood's Great Women: Mother's Day Trolley Tour 5/11/13 1PM - 3PM

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Join us before Mother’s Day to celebrate some of the most colorful and influential women of the 19th and early 20th centuries, buried right...

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The Azaleas and Dogwoods of Green-Wood Trolley Tour 5/5/13 1PM - 3PM

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Do not attempt to adjust your dials – our spring colors really are that vibrant! Green-Wood’s superintendent of grounds and resident expert...

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"A Fate Worse Than Death: The Perils of Being a Famous Corpse" Book Talk 4/28/13 1PM - 2PM

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The ultra-famous are always in high demand. Bess Lovejoy, author of Rest In Pieces: The Curious Fates of Famous Corpses, offers this funny,...

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"Kings of Kings County" Trivia Night 4/25/13 7PM - 9:30PM

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There’s no better place to show off your trivia smarts than Green-Wood – full of 175 years of New York City people, places and stories. So...

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Historic Trolley Tour, 3pm Sunday 4/14 4/14/13 3PM - 5PM

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Experience the most magnificent and historic 478 acres in New York City. Join our expert tour guide to hear fascinating stories of...

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Court’s in Session: America’s First Test of Religious Freedom 4/14/13 1PM - 3PM

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Green-Wood is the final resting place of Irish immigrant and lawyer William Sampson and Judge DeWitt Clinton – the two major players in an...

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Opening Day in Brooklyn! Baseball Greats of Green-Wood Trolley Tour 3/30/13 1PM - 3PM

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Batter up! To ring in the 2013 season, we’ll welcome Tom Gilbert, baseball expert and member of the Society for Baseball Research (SABR),...

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Cheers to Brooklyn Whiskey 3/23/13 3PM - 5PM

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Celebrate World Whiskey Day in March by delving in to the history of distilling, Brooklyn style. Starting at Green-Wood at the stunning...

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The Eminent Irish of Green-Wood Walking Tour 3/16/13 1PM - 3PM

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The Irish immigration contributed immeasurably to the rich tapestry of American culture. Green-Wood has its share of the illustrious sons...

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USS Monitor to the Dreamland Bell: Unscrambling the Story of James Gregory 3/9/13 1PM - 3PM

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Civil War Ships, a Coney Island pier, vanished Lower East Side streets and Green-Wood – they all converge in this talk by architect David...

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Green-Wood at the Met 2/15/13 10AM - 3PM

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Many illustrious Green-Wood residents are represented in the hallowed halls of The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Join us in Manhattan for a...

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Murder, Mayhem & Disasters of Green-Wood Walking Tour 11/18/12 1PM - 3:30PM

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Serene, beautiful Green-Wood is the final resting place for many victims -- and perpetrators -- of violence. Join Historic Fund tour...

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The Work of Currier & Ives Talk and Tour 11/17/12 1PM - 3PM

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Currier & Ives, the self-proclaimed "Grand Central Depot for Cheap and Popular Prints," dominated the print-making business in the 19th...

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From the Blues Project: Danny Kalb, Steve Katz & Roy Blumenfeld Multiple Dates

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Saturday, November 10 at 7:30 PM & 9:30 PM Conjure up images of 1960s Greenwich Village as members of the renowned Blues Project reunite...

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Tales of Green-Wood & Champagne at Twilight 11/4/12 4PM - 6PM

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Green-Wood, beautiful and inspiring in its autumn colors, will serve as backdrop for this special adults-only late afternoon event that...

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Guided Magic: History & Mystery at Green-Wood 11/4/12 12:30PM - 2:30PM

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Join award-winning storyteller Robin Bady for this family-friendly afternoon of magic and fairy tales inspired by Green-Wood's real-life...

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Moonrise Walking Tour 11/3/12 8:15PM - 10PM

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 Don't forget your flashlight for this nocturnal tour led by Green-Wood historian Jeff Richman.   Night's cloak of darkness will have...

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Permanent New Yorkers: Tour & Trivia at Green-Wood 11/1/12 8PM - 10:30PM

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Quench your thirst for the macabre in what may be the first trivia night to ever take place inside a cemetery!   In the most...

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Two Late October Walking Tours Multiple Dates

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"Gather 'round, boys and girls, for a titillating Halloween tale . . ." - USA Today   "Now that the scandalous are safely underground,...

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Green-Wood Unveils "Angel of Music" 10/13/12 1PM - 3PM

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  Join us as we restore grandeur to the grave of Louis Moreau Gottschalk, America'ss first internationally recognized composer and...

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Unique Sneak Peek Inside Green-Wood's Most Famous Mausoleums (Free) Multiple Dates

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As part of the 2012 openhousenewyork weekend, Green-Wood will open many of its most famous and elaborate mausoleums for public...

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Unique Sneak Peek Inside Green-Wood's Most Famous Mausoleums Multiple Dates

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As part of the 2012 openhousenewyork weekend, Green-Wood will open many of its most famous and elaborate mausoleums for public...

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Ferdinand Ward: 19th-Century Swindler Talk & Tour 9/30/12 2PM - 4PM

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The title of Geoffrey Ward’s book says it all: A Disposition to Be Rich: How a Small-Town Pastor’s Son Ruined an American President,...

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Southern Exposure: More Tales of Green-Wood Walking Tour 9/16/12 1PM - 3:30PM

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  Follow veteran Green-Wood tour guide Ruth Edebohls to the less-seen southern side of the cemetery, where monuments and mausoleums have...

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2012 Presentation of the De Witt Clinton Award to Nicholas Quennell 9/13/12 6PM - 9:30PM

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The Fifth Annual Presentation of the De Witt Clinton Award for Excellence to Nicholas QuennellThursday, September 13 from 6:00 to 9:30...

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236th Anniversary of the Battle of Brooklyn 8/26/12 10AM - 4PM

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The Battle of Brooklyn, fought in August 1776 on land that is now a part of Green-Wood Cemetery, was the first battle of the American...

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Underground Muses of Green-Wood Walking Tour 8/19/12 1PM - 3PM

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    Many famous and fascinating artists, sculptors, actors and composers have made Green–Wood their place of final repose. Leonard...

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(CANCELED) The Tempestuous Life of Stained Glass Master John La Farge 8/11/12 1PM - 4PM

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This event has been canceled. How many artists get arrested for grand larceny or end up drug addicts? Artist John La Farge did both. How...

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