The monument that we chose was the Walt Whitman plaque on the Eagle and Warehouse storage building. This building was constructed in 1893 and was originally home of the newspaper Brooklyn Edge, which was edited by Walt Whitman. The plaque explains his story and how he was one of Americas greatest poets. Our article is from Biography.com. Whitman was born in 1819 and lived in Brooklyn and Long island with his family in the 1820s and 30s. At a young age Whitmans parents took him out of school so he could work with them at the family business. He started to love reading and became familiar with the works of Homer, Dante, Shakespeare, and the Bible. He started to teach for a couple of years but he wanted to put his full time into journalism. He started his own newspaper called the “Long Islander”, later he became an editor for the brooklyn daily eagle”. He had a set of ideas and opinions  on topics such as Womens property rights, slavery, and immigration. He wrote a poetry book called Leaves of Grass, “it was an attempt to embrace and welcome all people and races into one vision”. Whitman was considered one of Americas most influential poets and this is an important monument.

Group: Sarique, Shemar, Malik