New York City Tombstones and Legends

If you say "New York" to me, I think of The City. But New York is one of the fifty states of the United States of America. In this video I show Niagara Falls and the Lower Catskills. But the story here is about The City. My friend Marge is a historian and tour guide at Green Wood Cemetery in Brooklyn. Green Wood is the site of the first major battle between England and the American colonialists in the American Revolutionary War. In 1838 Green Wood opened as a secular cemetery. Bucolic and relatively quiet on the highest point in Brooklyn, Green Wood was a holiday destination for people from Manhattan in the 19th century. There are many historically significant people interred within Green Wood today. Touring through the beautiful grounds of Green Wood with Marge is like stepping back in time to learn about New York City's colorful history.