What Lies Beneath: 7 Magnificent Finds in Brooklyn’s Green-Wood Cemetery
3. The Revolutionary War Battle that Should Have Been in Lin-Manuel Miranda’s Hamilton
The deadliest fighting during the famed 1776 Battle of Brooklyn, the largest Revolutionary War battle, took place not in Yorktown or Monmouth, but on the 220-foot-tall bluff now within the bounds of Green-Wood that is the highest point in Brooklyn. It’s known as Battle Hill. To be honest, the Battle of Brooklyn has never really gotten its due among Revolutionary War historians, not even by New York’s native son Lin-Manuel Miranda. But one man sought to correct that, which leads us to our next Green-Wood secret…