Fort Stirling Park
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Fort Stirling Marker
- Location: Clark Street and Columbia Heights
- Sculptor: Albert Winert
- Description: Tablet on plinth
- Materials: Bronze, granite
- Dimensions: H: 17 ½" W: 26¾"
- Dedicated: 1925
- Donor: Gift of Fort Greene Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution
- Inscription: THIS TABLET MARKS THE SITE OF FORT STIRLING. / ON THIS BLUFF IN THE SPRING OF 1776 IT FORMED / ONE OF A CHAIN OF REDOUBTS BUILT IN BROOKLYN / OPPOSITE NEW YORK. THIS WORK FELL INTO THE HANDS OF / THE BRITISH DURING THE BATTLE OF LONG ISLAND AND / WAS THEREAFTER GARRISONED BY THE HESSIAN TROOPS / UNTIL VICTORY BY THE AMERICAN ARMY LED TO THE / EVACUATION OF NEW YORK NOVEMBER 25TH 1783. / ERECTED BY FORT GREENE CHAPTER / DAUGHTERS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION 1924 /
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