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Brooklyn hunts for spirit of 1776 soldiers
By GARY BUISO
Last Updated: 6:39 AM, March 11, 2012
Posted: 1:05 AM, March 11, 2012
They have not yet begun to fight.
Brooklyn civic groups are leading a charge to discover the exact burial place of over 200 Revolutionary War soldiers killed at the dawn of the United States and dumped near the Gowanus Canal.
“These are the men who allowed America to come into existence — it’s a question that needs to be resolved,” said Marlene Donnelly, a member of the Friends and Residents of Greater Gowanus, which is working with archeologists to re-examine the region and urge action.
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The grave concern is that development in and around the putrid canal, a Superfund site in the midst of a federal $500 million decade-long clean-up, could steamroll history that has already been buried too long.
Read more: http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/klyn_hunt_for_spirit_of_soldiers_vDWVRplHtUg2DL1G5EyyYI#ixzz1p4lajhL5
Last Updated: 6:39 AM, March 11, 2012
Posted: 1:05 AM, March 11, 2012
They have not yet begun to fight.
Brooklyn civic groups are leading a charge to discover the exact burial place of over 200 Revolutionary War soldiers killed at the dawn of the United States and dumped near the Gowanus Canal.
“These are the men who allowed America to come into existence — it’s a question that needs to be resolved,” said Marlene Donnelly, a member of the Friends and Residents of Greater Gowanus, which is working with archeologists to re-examine the region and urge action.
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The grave concern is that development in and around the putrid canal, a Superfund site in the midst of a federal $500 million decade-long clean-up, could steamroll history that has already been buried too long.
Read more: http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/klyn_hunt_for_spirit_of_soldiers_vDWVRplHtUg2DL1G5EyyYI#ixzz1p4lajhL5
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