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Posted on 06/03/2009 5:57:01 PM PDT by Pharmboy
BENSONHURST — History came alive on Liberty Weekend this past Saturday and Sunday with the annual celebration of early Brooklyn history at the 17th century New Utrecht Reformed Church. This year’s events also celebrated the church’s designation as part of the American Revolution Heritage Trail.
The new trail placards are posted just behind an iron fence on 18th Avenue at the entrance to the church at 84th Street. One shows an 1890s photo of the church. The other is a map of Brooklyn at the time of the Revolutionary War showcasing historic sites.
With the raising of a 13-star “Betsy Ross” American flag on the towering Liberty Pole and the blast of a Civil War cannon, the Friends of Historic New Utrecht honored a new chapter and an old friend.
The new chapter launched was the Heritage Trail designation. The friend was Robert Buonvino, the founder of Friends of Historic New Utrecht, who died on March 20 at age 70. He was also director of Brooklyn Heritage Inc., which advocated for and eventually won the Heritage Trail designation from the state Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation.
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I walked past there Saturday morning on the way to get bagels -- ASPCA was there treating animals.
Good to know you’re a Brooklyn Freeper, TS. I graduated Brooklyn Tech.
New Utrecht was part of Brooklyn, not New York until 110 years ago.
Thanks Pharmboy!
Thank you
Thks from son of a Brooklyn-born-and-raised mother who grew up knowing the Jackie Gleason family.
Trivia: JG’s father was a “candy butcher”.
Trivia Q: What was that?
Hmmm...ya got me...guessing: someone who cut the candy strips that came out of the molds. Was the factory in the Fort Greene section, because I used to walk by one on Dekalb Ave. on the way to Bklyn Tech?
A candy butcher was a man who sold candy bars to office workers in NYC. An afternoon sugar fix for office workers delivered via the freight elevator.
A Google search of “candy butcher” gives a broader definition but that’s what I learned when my mother and her sisters once talked about Jackie Gleason’s father’s occupation..
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