The War Memorials of Brooklyn
McGolrick Park
There are two war memorials here: the angel at the entrance, but also this one, a tribute to John Ericcson, engineer and inventor, and the men on the Monitor ship he designed during the Civil War. Built in Greenpoint, the boat engaged in a famous battle with the Merrimac, “in which the Union forces averted defeat,” according to the parks department website. [photo]