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History Happy Hour: History Recovered — The Gallant Samuel Sims

Samuel Sims was revered by his men, whom he had recruited and fought with during three long years of the Civil War, as “The Gallant Sims.” When he was killed in battle in 1864, they fought to recover his body, buried him on the battlefield, and then honored him in Brooklyn. But it wasn’t until years later that they memorialized him with an extraordinary monument at Green-Wood. Join Jeff Richman, Green-Wood’s historian and author of “The Gallant Sims,” A Civil War Hero Rediscovered, for the many dramatic arcs in Captain Sims’s life—and death—and discover how his story came so close to winding up lost in a landfill, only to be rescued at the last minute so that his life of sacrifice could be remembered through the collection at The Green-Wood Historic Fund.











When: Tue., Jul. 14, 2020 at 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Where: Green-Wood Cemetery
500 25th St., Brooklyn
718-210-3080
Price: $5/Free for members
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Samuel Sims was revered by his men, whom he had recruited and fought with during three long years of the Civil War, as “The Gallant Sims.” When he was killed in battle in 1864, they fought to recover his body, buried him on the battlefield, and then honored him in Brooklyn. But it wasn’t until years later that they memorialized him with an extraordinary monument at Green-Wood. Join Jeff Richman, Green-Wood’s historian and author of “The Gallant Sims,” A Civil War Hero Rediscovered, for the many dramatic arcs in Captain Sims’s life—and death—and discover how his story came so close to winding up lost in a landfill, only to be rescued at the last minute so that his life of sacrifice could be remembered through the collection at The Green-Wood Historic Fund.

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