Gardens of Stone --- Cemetery Blog

  The recently installed monument marking the grave of legendary journalist Pete Hamill. A passage from his 2003 book 'Forever' is inscribed on the back (swipe to see). In 2011, Hamill was awarded the DeWitt Clinton Award for Excellence by The Green-Wood Historic Fund at its annual gala. That evening, he spoke of growing up in Brooklyn, and his earliest visits to Green-Wood.