Prison Ship Martyr's Memorial
Address:
Fort Greene Park
Dekalb Avenue
Brooklyn
Category: Monuments
Erected: 1908
Designer: McKim, Meade and White
Description: Atop a hill, the tall Doric column crowned with a bronze urn lit as an “eternal flame” to commemorate the 11,000 men, women and children who perished aboard British Prison Ships during the Revolutionary War.