Exhibition Tour, The Battle of Brooklyn: Fought and Remembered
A guided tour of an exhibition on the first and largest battle of the American Revolution, told through primary sources and led at the Center for Brooklyn History.
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Talks of the Town: From the Stacks: Loring McMillen’s Map of the American Revolution
Staten Islander Janet Medoro walks through the hand-drawn Revolutionary War map made by Historic Richmond Town's founder, Loring McMillen, a close look at the island's 18th century past.
CBH Talk | Forgotten History: The Brooklyn Theater Fire of 1876
An author talk and book discussion on a playhouse fire that destroyed one of the city's most prominent theaters in half an hour and killed nearly 300 people.
CBH Talk | Reimagining Filipino Brooklyn
A talk on how to tell the stories of communities erased from a city's physical landscape, and the part historians, artists, and community members play in recovering and reimagining Filipino Brooklyn.
CBH Talk | Haunted Brooklyn: Ghosts, Folklore, and the Stories We Tell
An author-led conversation on gothic folklore: haunted houses, restless spirits, buried secrets, and the unsettling legends that reveal far more than a taste for the macabre.
CBH Talk | Armed Objects: Weapons, Ornamentation, and Museum Stewardship
A look at firearms, swords, and powder horns as fine craftsmanship, their engraving and ornament set against their violent purpose, and at how museums care for such objects.
