GREEN-WOOD CEMETERY CELEBRATES MEMORIAL DAY WITH 15th ANNUAL CONCERT ALONG WITH A TROLLEY MINI-TOUR

On Monday, May 27, 2013 at 2:30 p.m., the Green-Wood Historic Fund
will host its
15th annual Memorial Day Concert at Brooklyn’s
Historic
Green-Wood Cemetery.  The concert will be
followed by a trolley mini-tour.
 
                      Visitors will settle in among
Green-Wood’s rolling hills and listen to the ISO Symphonic Band, a wind, brass & percussion ensemble
comprising some of the most talented student musicians in the New York metro area and led by its founder
and conductor Brian P. Worsdale.  The works of Green-Wood’s permanent

 residents Fred Ebb, Louis Moreau
Gottschalk, Leonard Bernstein, and others will be featured.  Food
and refreshments will be on sale all
day.

The concert will be immediately followed by a
trolley mini-tour, led by Green-Wood’s historian Jeff
Richman, featuring DeWitt Clinton’s bronze statue, Battle Hill,
and the Civil War Soldiers’ Lot.

Concert: Tickets are free, but guests
are urged to register online; Trolley Mini-Tour: Tickets are $10

 for members of the
Green-Wood Historic Fund and the Brooklyn Historical Society. The cost for non-members is $15.
Seating is limited for the trolley mini-tour and reservations are recommended. If the trolley mini-tour
is not sold out in advance, walk-ups will be accommodated on a first-come,

 first-served basis.

 
                          
  To reserve your discounted ticket with a BHS membership, enter your membership
ID number  with “BHS” (ex. 3453BHS)
during checkout. Or, present your BHS member card at the door. Reservations are
recommended. To find out more information or to make online reservations,

                             visit
www.green-wood.com/toursevents or call
718-210-3080.