In 1920 a bronze sculpture of Minerva was unveiled on Green-Wood’s Battle Hill. Battle Hill (shown prominently below) was a key point in the Battle of Brooklyn; a place of American triumph during an otherwise disastrous battle. Charles Higgins (of Higgins India Ink) decided to have Minerva placed atop the hill because he was unhappy that historians hadn’t given the Battle its proper chronicle. He purchased lots on the Hill for his family tomb and placed Minerva on it, with her arm upraised, saluting her sister, the Statue of Liberty, in the harbor. You can read more about the fascinating history here (there’s some debate about whether or not she was actually waving at Lady Liberty)…
August 25, 2014 / Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, NY
