Uncovering Long-Lost Stories:
Digging Dirt at Green-Wood with Ben Feldman
Saturday, January 14th, 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m.
Author, historian, and storyteller Ben Feldman uses Green-Wood Cemetery's historical resources to discover long-forgotten characters whose colorful stories he tells.
One character is Dr. Harvey Burdell, a well-to-do dentist who was gruesomely murdered in 1857, possibly by his mistress, although she was acquitted. Another is Roaring Twenties playboy Edward Browning (age fifty-one) and his underage mistress Frances "Peaches" Heenan (age fifteen). A third is Brooklyn rags-to-riches industrialist Henry Knight Dyer, whose pocket-size diary dated 1870 was discovered by Mr. Feldman.
Learn how Mr. Feldman uncovers the details of these long-lost stories and how you can too. His talk will be followed by a question-and-answer session and a trolley tour to the gravesites of Burdell, Browning, Dyer, and others.
Price: The talk is free. Tickets for the trolley tour cost $15 for members of the Green-wood Historic Fund and $20 for non-members.
Seating is limited, so reservations are recommended. Purchase tickets online or by calling (718) 210-3080.
The Historic Chapel at Green-wood
Green-Wood Cemetery
500 25th Street, Brooklyn
Phone: (718) 210-3080
info @ greenwoodcemetery.org
