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Photographer: Bill Coughlin
Taken: November 1, 2008
Caption: Altar to Liberty (and markers)
Additional Description: This monument, erected in 1919 on the highest point in Brooklyn, was for many years the only monument to the Battle of Long Island. The first extended fighting of the August 27, 1776 battle occurred on this hill.
Submitted: November 2, 2008, by Bill Coughlin of Woodland Park, New Jersey.
Database Locator Identification Number: p42274
File Size: 0.878 Megabytes

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