The Tribute to a Little-Known Soldier
The tribute to Emilio Barbosa in Bennett Park. (Photo by Alex S.K. Brown for The Free Press)
A small plaque to a young veteran in a New York park tells a very American story of sacrifice.
My neighborhood in upper Manhattan surrounds a small, sweet park—Bennett Park, it’s called—that marks the highest natural point in New York City. Long ago, it was the site of Fort Washington, which the Continental Army built in the summer of 1776 only to have it captured by the British until the end of the Revolutionary War. Today, the fort’s walls are …
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