Green-Wood Hosts 9th Annual Fundraising Gala
When: Wed., Sep. 14, 2016 at 6:00 pm - 10:00 pmWhere: Green-Wood Cemetery
500 25th St., Brooklyn
718-210-3080 Price: $250 and up
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Seven-time Emmy award-winning documentary scriptwriter, author and historian Geoffrey Ward will receive The DeWitt Clinton Award for Excellence — Green-Wood’s highest honor — at the ninth annual fundraising gala taking place on Wednesday, September 14, 2016 at Green-Wood Cemetery, a National Historic Landmark located in Brooklyn. Mr. Ward, alongside his collaborator Ken Burns, is responsible for some of the most iconic and memorable historic documentaries of all time. Among them: The Civil War; Baseball; Prohibition; The Statue of Liberty; The War; the list is seemingly endless.
The evening will feature cocktails alfresco followed by a seated dinner in one of the city’s most historic natural landscapes. The event will offer an auction of unique items and experiences, each with a special tie to Green-Wood and its history. All proceeds will support the Green-Wood Historic Fund and its many programs including restoration of the landmarked Weir Greenhouse, trolley and walking tours, educational programs, concerts and outdoor theater.
A good friend to Green-Wood, Ward has taken the telling of history to a new level. Included among the seventeen books he has authored is the critically acclaimed tome, A Disposition to Be Rich: Ferdinand Ward, the Greatest Swindler of the Gilded Age, about his own scandalous great grandfather who lies in permanent rest at Green-Wood.
Attire is business casual and guests should enter at Green-Wood’s main gate at 25th Street and 5th Avenue in Brooklyn. For information about the event, visit www.green-wood.com/benefit. or to buy tickets, call 718-210-3080, e-mail [email protected]. The deadline is September 9, 2016.