Lady Liberty

The View to Liberty

By Laura Capuano, Contributor
June / July 2005

June 1, 2005 by Leave a Comment

Unbeknownst to many, Lady Liberty has a girlfriend. Thanks to the Irish immigrant turned prominent Brooklyn businessman Charles Higgins, Liberty has gazed directly into the eyes of a statue of Minerva – who stands contentedly in Brooklyn's Greenwood Cemetery – for the past 85 years. Since its founding in 1838, many prominent New Yorkers have been buried in the cemetery, … [Read more...] about The View to Liberty

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