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Subject: Brooklyn Heights history
Date: Thu, 1 Sep 2005 08:38:14 EDT

On 8/31/05 (10:23:15 PM MDT), in a posting to ,
Kathleen () provided a snippet about the Revolutionary War Battle
of Brooklyn (some refer to it as the Battle of Long Island).

The following link provides a more detailed account, including a very useful
map, of what occurred:

http://www.brooklynonline.com/bol/history/battle.xhtml


I hope this information is useful or, at least, interesting.

L'Shannah Tovah* & Happy 5766,

Walter Greenspan

* L'Shannah Tovah (li-SHAH-nuh TOH-vuh; li-shah-NAH toh-VAH)
Hebrew. Lit. for a good year. The common greeting during Rosh ha Shannah and
the Days of Awe. This is a shortening of "L'Shannah tovah tikatev v'taihatem"
(or, to women, "L'Shannah tovah tikatevi v'taihatemi"), which means, "May you
be inscribed and sealed for a good year." This year, Rosh ha Shannah begins
at sunset on Monday, October 3 on the civil calendar.

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