Prison Ship Martyrs Monument

Doric column surmounted by a bronze urn, on a terrace approached by 100 steps; eagles at corners of terrace; plaque and tablet.

Inscription: 

in the name of the spirits of the departed free / sacred to the Memory of that portion of american seamen, soldiers / on board the Prison ships of the british during the revolutionary / war at the Wall about. This is the cornerstone of the vault / which contains Their relics. Erected by the Tammany Society/of the Columbian Order of the City of New York. The ground for / which was bestowed By John Jackson, Nassau Island, season of/blossoms, year of Discovery, the 316th. Of the institution the 19th and of American Independence the 32nd, April the 6th, 1808.

Jacob Vandervoort /John Jackson / Burdet Stryker / Isaacher Cozzens / Robert Townsend / Benjamin Watson / Samuel Cowdry / William And David Campbell - builder wall about committee.

Tablet over entrance to tomb. Originally cornerstone of a vault In navy yard, containing bones of 11,000 patriots. Erected in Navy yard by Tammany Society.

Fort Greene Park opened 1849 through efforts of Walt Whitman, Editor of Brooklyn Eagle. Originally called Raymond Park.