Brooklyn is one of the most
historical places in North America. While other locations havr
made an industry of their history, the truth is that Brooklyn as
historical as any place in North America, and in many regards, even
more historical than Boston, Plymouth, St Augustine, or
Philedephia. The history of the Borough's European settlement
likely predates the Mayflower since French Hugenots and Walleans seemed
to have been already settled here prior to official Dutch
Settlement. Prior to that, the Lenepe and Canarsie Indians had a
rich history including the source form most of the Wampan found accross
the continent and a currency for Native tribes from the Pacific coast
to the Atlantic. The American Revolution's largest and earliest
engagements took place here. Later, constant immegration to the
Borough enriched American life, with the birth of US Shipping, the
foundation of the American Pharmacuetical industry, and it's early
status as the heart of the American bread basket. As the civil
war approached, Brooklyn peachers, and organizers spearheaded the
underground railroad, and Free African American community played a
signifiant role in the county's life. We intented the steam ship
thanks to Robert Fulton. Through the Civil War we launched the
first iron Clad ships. Through the Industial Revolution in the
late 19th century, into the mid-thentieth century, Brooklyn ports and
factories were the most important in the world. By 1895 half the
Sugar consumed in the US was refined here, By the
turn of the 20th century it was the leading port for coal,
grain, ship building, chemicals, and lumber. And american
baseball was born here.
With the building of the largest suspension bridge in the works, that is the Brooklyn Bridge, and the expansion of the largest subway system in the world, Brooklyn's history took a new turn, leading the worlds prosperity and giving it tanagle cultural icons from the roller coaster, hot dog, comic book, literary works, the motion picture, Brooklyn raised residents poured onto the international scene making lasting contributions in the arts, theater, television, and the movies. From Walt Whitman to Mary Tyler Moore, Ann Hathaway, and Jonathan Lethem, the Brooklyn tradition continues through the 21st century. And then we have the religious historical locations in Brooklyn, including it's colonial era cemetraries, and sociated Dutch Reform Churches, the Plymouth Curch of Beecher, the centers of Jewish learning in Williamasburg, Boro Park, Flatbush, Crown Heights and Midwood, histroical Jewish houses of worship dotted throughout most of the Borough, the Eastern orthod Church of East New York, and Baptist Churches in Bedofrd Styveruant and Crown Heights, all worthy of historical study.
