/2009/05/08/walt-whitman-and-the-arts-in-brooklyn-a-commemoration-in-the-brooklyn-museum-library/ Technology blog of the Brooklyn Museum Fri, 04 Apr 2014 18:24:41 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.5.3 /2009/05/08/walt-whitman-and-the-arts-in-brooklyn-a-commemoration-in-the-brooklyn-museum-library/comment-page-1/#comment-961 Mon, 08 Jun 2009 16:57:20 +0000 /bloggers/2009/05/08/walt-whitman-and-the-arts-in-brooklyn-a-commemoration-in-the-brooklyn-museum-library/#comment-961 […] of Walt Whitman’s, entitled “Pictures”. The book was created in tandem with a Whitman celebration at the Brooklyn Museum’s Library, and is available on Etsy and well worth the incredibly […]

]]> /2009/05/08/walt-whitman-and-the-arts-in-brooklyn-a-commemoration-in-the-brooklyn-museum-library/comment-page-1/#comment-1434 Wed, 13 May 2009 17:47:38 +0000 /bloggers/2009/05/08/walt-whitman-and-the-arts-in-brooklyn-a-commemoration-in-the-brooklyn-museum-library/#comment-1434 Greg Trupiano also enlightened us in the audience with the story of how Walt Whitman was instrumental in establishing Fort Greene Park and a memorial to the martyrs who died aboard the British prison ships during the American Revolution. Who knew that more Americans died on the prison ships (11,000) than were killed in battle during the Revolution? If it wasn’t for the work that Whitman pioneered, it’s doubtful that the grand Martyrs Monument column would be standing in Fort Greene Park today. Greg brought to life this little-known aspect of Brooklyn history.

]]> /2009/05/08/walt-whitman-and-the-arts-in-brooklyn-a-commemoration-in-the-brooklyn-museum-library/comment-page-1/#comment-1013 Fri, 08 May 2009 20:04:36 +0000 /bloggers/2009/05/08/walt-whitman-and-the-arts-in-brooklyn-a-commemoration-in-the-brooklyn-museum-library/#comment-1013 I was lucky enough to be there for the Whitman readings and while I know Whitman best as a poet I found the prose readings were quite a revelation of history — it brought the 19th Century close-up! I was fascinated, for instance, by his comments on works of visual art, such as the Snow Scene that he writes about, and that I saw later in the same afternoon in the Museum. How immediate! Ms. Mitchell who sang Oh! Susanah and the Ode Whitman wrote for American Revolutionary martyrs knocked my socks off! Thanks for putting on this program.

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