My wife and I visited beautiful Green-Wood Cemetery in Brooklyn, N.Y. today. The photo below is of the memorial obelisk that marks the burial place where over one hundred unidentified victims of the Brooklyn Theater Fire of 1876 were buried en masse. Below is an illustration from 1876 of the burial of the victims. The obelisk in the photo is at the center of the circular trench where the simple coffins of the victims were laid.
Members of the Brandis family, including Frederick E. Brandis, founder of the firm Brandis and Sons, are also buried in Green-Wood cemetery. Perhaps something to discuss in a future post.
