On this day in 1876 occurred the second worst theatre fire in U.S. history (and New York's worst): the Brooklyn Theatre Fire. I first became aware of this disaster in the most moving away possible: I stumbled upon a monument to the unidentified dead during one of my ambles in Green-wood Cemetery (see pictures below). […]
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 07:36AM on December 5, 2019