Commemorations

Below are a few plaques that commemorate the events and honor the soldiers of the Battle of Long Island.

Years later, the hill at Green-Wood Cemetery’s Battle Pass was rechristened the “Altar to Liberty” honoring “our first national heroes” :

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(2014. photo by author.)

The Delaware Regiment was recognized in this plaque near Fourth Avenue:

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(2014. photo by author.)

And the Brooklyn Savings Institution placed this tribute on its exterior wall:

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(2014. photo by author)