Today marks the 157 year anniversary of Jan 30th, 1862, the day Greenpoint staked its claim in history as the site where the ironclad USS Monitor was built and launched, in the midst of the Civil War.
The Greenpoint Monitor Memorial is in McGolrick park. It depicts a nude sailor and was erected in 1938 in the memory of…
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01/30/2019 (Buxton, Maine)
Absolutely amazing! I grew up on Huron Street in the early 60s and never knew that the Monitor was our Nation’s first iron clad war ship (built in my hometown of Greenpoint) until I attended John Ericsson junior high school in the late 60s. I moved to Maine in the 80s, became very interested in history which lead me antique bottle collecting. I am now a dealer and seek pre-1900 hand blown bottles from Greenpoint and the borough of Brooklyn in general. There is a specific ink bottle patented in 1865 which is known as a Monitor Ink. It has a remarkable resemblance to the gun turret of the Monitor. In any case, thanks for posting a brief history of the ship. Enjoyed reading it.