Prison Ship Martyrs' Monument

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Prison Ship Martyrs' Monument

Program of the Dedicatory Ceremonies of the Prison Ship Martyrs' Monument, November 14, 1908

The Prison Ship Martyrs' Monument is erected in Fort Greene Park, in the New York City borough of Brooklyn, consisting of a 100-foot-wide granite staircase and a central Doric column 149 feet in height. It was designed by renowned architect Stanford White (1853–1906). The monument marks the site of a crypt for more than 11,500 prisoners of war who died in captivity, known as the prison ship martyrs. One ship was the HMS Jersey.

More American soldiers and sailors died of intentional neglect in these ships than died on all the battlefields of the American Revolutionary War, combined.^{[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9]}

[edit] Related articles

• Prisoners in the American Revolutionary War
• HMS Jersey

[edit] Links

• New York City Department of Parks and Recreation text of sign near the monument.

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