I’ve never been in Brooklyn during Battle Week but I will be here this year so I looked with interest at this schedule of events at the Old Stone House for this event which commemorates the Revolutionary War Battle of Brooklyn:

Opera on Tap at OSH
Thursday, August 14, 7 pm
Outdoors at the Old Stone House 
JJ Byrne Park
3rd Street @ 5th Avenue
Brooklyn
Free, Sponsored by American Opera Projects, Ft. Greene
Park Conservancy and The Gate
718-768-3195

Reading of the Declaration of Independence
Friday, August 15, 12:30 pm
Federal Hall
26 Wall Street, Front Steps
Manhattan
(212) 825-6888

Maryland 400 Remembrance Ceremony
Saturday, August 16 10 am
Michael A.Rawley American Legion Post
8th Street and 3rd Avenue
Brooklyn.
Memorial march to the Old Stone House to follow with a reception and open house at the OSH Gallery with reenactors 11 am – 4 pm.  Transportation provided by The Green-Wood Trolley
(718) 768-3195
www.theoldstonehouse.org

Battle Week Harbor Cruise with Barnet Schecter
Saturday, August 16, 4 pm – 6 pm
The Manhattan
Tickets:  $65, available on-line at http://www.zerve.com/SailNYC/BattleBK
Reservations:  (718) 768-3195

Evergreens Cemetery/Jamaica Pass Walking Tour
Sunday, August 17, 11 am – 1 pm
Bushwick Avenue and Conway Street
Brooklyn
Free. Information: (718) 455-5300

Michael Callahan:  The Kings Men:  The British Army Fights
  The Battle of Brooklyn
Tuesday, August 19, 12:30 pm
Fraunces Tavern Museum
54 Pearl Street
Manhattan
Free with Museum Admission
Information: 212-425-1778
www.frauncestavern.org

William J. Parry:  The Strange Case of "Baron"
  Herman Zedwitz: Genius, Traitor or Madman?
Thursday, August 21, 6:30 pm
Fraunces Tavern Museum
54 Pearl Street
Manhattan
$6/members free
Information: 212-425-1778
www.frauncestavern.org

Battle of Brooklyn Neighborhood Walk
Friday, August 22, 6 pm
Led by Old Stone House Board Member and Hunter College Archaeology Professor William J. Parry. Meet at Grand Army Plaza, Brooklyn, under the arch.
$12 per person/$10 OSH members; includes light refreshments.
Reservations and information: (718) 768-3195
www.theoldstonehouse.org

Commemorations at The Green-Wood Cemetery
Sunday, August 24
5th Avenue at 25th Street
Brooklyn
Linda Reno signs The Maryland 400, books available

10:00 am Trolley Tour with Barnet Schecter & Jeff Richman
12:30 – 1:15 pm Re-enactors inside the Main Gate
1:30 pm  Parade to the top of Battle Hill
2:00 pm  Memorial Ceremony at Battle Hill;

Sponsored  by the Committee to Commemorate the Battle of Brooklyn
Information: (718) 852-8235

Anniversary, The Battle of Brooklyn
Wednesday, August 27
OSH open 11 am – 4 pm

The Gate and The Brooklyn Brewery Salute
The Battle of Brooklyn
Wednesday, August 27
321 5th Avenue
Brooklyn
(718) 768-4329