Thursday, February 14, 2008

FEB.14TH 1846


HARBOR PILOT THOMAS FREEBORN DURING A STORM HAD HIS SHIP THE JOHN MINTURN RUN AGROUND NEAR THE JERSEY SHORE.FREEBORN WAS BURIED IN MANHATTAN BUT WITHIN MONTHS FELLOW HARBOR PILOTS ERECTED A MONUMENT TO HIM IN BROOKLYN'S GREEN-WOOD CEMETERY AND HIS BODY WAS MOVED THERE.....WORKING ON A GREEN-WOOD TOUR...... STAY TUNED.......

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