The Battle of Brooklyn

Quick sketches from The Battle of Brooklyn re-enactment and ceremony at Greenwood Cemetery yesterday. The battle was the first and largest engagement of the American Revolution, and was fought on this date 242 years ago. Although it is sometimes called the Battle of Long Island, it was in fact fought entirely in Brooklyn, including on the hills of what is now Greenwood Cemetery.

I don't know if there were really that many Scotsmen in the British Army, or if a lot of these guys just like wearing kilts.