Maryland 400 heroes get musket salute

The Battle of Brooklyn and the heroism of the Marylanders have been cited at ceremonies on the Previous Stone Home in Washington Park and on the monument to the Maryland 400 in Prospect Park Aug. 27.

The occasion additionally marked the 246th anniversary of the historic battle through which reportedly 256 have been captured, lacking or killed defending the Previous Stone Home. They have been a part of the 1,000 casualties the Individuals took through the bloody encounter with British and Hessian troopers.

Regardless of the losses, two nights later Gen. George Washington’s Military was in a position to retreat safely from the Brooklyn Heights waterfront to combat on and ultimately win the American Revolutionary Warfare.

The commemorative program began with a welcome from Previous Stone Home Board Chairman Nancy Rosenberg after which was emceed by Kim Maier, OSH govt director. Subsequent was the Massing of the Colours by Michael A. Rawley, Jr. American Legion Publish and the Atlantic Center States Coloration Guard, adopted by the Pledge of Allegiance.

A gaggle of individuals took turns studying the roster of the Maryland 400, which included members of Maryland’s chapter of the Society of the Cincinnati. Visitor audio system included Brooklyn Parks Commissioner Marty Maher and Assemblymember Robert Carroll. The proceedings on the Previous Stone Home concluded with wreath-layings, a musket gun salute and “Faucets.”

Following the commemoration, Maher and Maier, together with a small group of vacationers from Maryland, then positioned wreaths on the 27-foot-tall Maryland 400 Monument in Prospect Park.

Earlier the identical day, the Society of Previous Brooklynites held its 114th memorial tribute to the Revolutionary-era Jail Ship Martyrs on the base of the 149-foot-tall monument on the hilltop in Fort Greene Park. Forty ft underneath this towering monument designed by famed architect Stanford White are the stays of 11,500 American patriots, America’s first POWs.

Theodore Normal, the society’s first vice chairman, emceed the memorial service, with the FDNY Ceremonial Unit Coloration Guard and the FDNY Emerald Society Pipers offering the opening fanfare.

The Pledge of Allegiance was led by society board member Rickie James, the nationwide anthem by opera star Madison Marie McIntosh, and the invocation and blessing of the monument and later benediction by Rev. Mark Nestlehutt, president and govt director of the Seamen’s Church Institute.

The keynote speaker was Janet Skinner, member of the Fort Greene Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution. The proceedings concluded with “Faucets,” eight gradual bells and the enjoying of the “Navy Hymn,” because the wreath was introduced ahead and laid by Skinner and society Treasurer Sherman Silverman.