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Category: World War I

The Great War and NYC: Street Vendors and Public Markets

New York City was far removed from the battlefields, occupied territories, and blockaded countries locked in the struggle of the First World War. While many of those places experienced food …

  • Public Markets
  • Street Vending
  • World War I

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A mail truck transformed into a market wagon carrying food

The Great War and NYC: Prospect Park

War has played an integral part in the history of Prospect Park. In August 1776, the future site of the Park was a battleground, as American troops tried to stop the British …

  • Prospect Park
  • World War I

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A statue of a soldier who stands clutching his gun and looking off into the distance as an angel begins to wrap her wing and arm around him

Immigrants Who Made the Brooklyn Navy Yard Great: Stanislaw Kozikowski

Stanislaw Kozikowski (1895–1967) Stan Kozikowski came to fame as a young man in the First World War, but spent much of his life as an unheralded machinist in the Brooklyn Navy …

  • Brooklyn Navy Yard
  • World War I

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Immigrants Who Made the Brooklyn Navy Yard Great: Frederick Louis Riefkohl

Frederick Louis Riefkohl (1889–1969) The histories of Puerto Rico and of the US military are deeply intertwined, and much of that history runs through the career of Frederick Louis Riefkohl, the …

  • Brooklyn Navy Yard
  • World War I
  • World War II

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Immigrants Who Made the Brooklyn Navy Yard Great: Peter Asserson

Peter Christian Asserson (1839–1906) The Brooklyn Navy Yard has always adapted to change. Over its first 165 years, rapid changes in naval ship designs forced the adoption of new shipbuilding …

  • Brooklyn Navy Yard
  • World War I

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Homing Pigeons Return to Brooklyn Navy Yard After 115-Year Absence with “Fly By Night”

After a hiatus of 115 years, a vast squadron of homing pigeons has returned to the Brooklyn Navy Yard. This weekend marks the opening of Fly By Night, an ambitious …

  • Brooklyn Navy Yard
  • Waterfront
  • World War I

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