“the walking tour”

last week Wednesday we went on a walking tour with to young ladies form the Brooklyn historical society. we did not  stray far from our school. and yet it seemed we walked into whole other world , i did not realize i knew so little about the buildings or statues i pass by each and every day. the first stop we mad was at he post office/slash court hourse. we found out that day before that post office was there,  once stood the Brooklyn theater. the biggest one in Brooklyn at the time until, because if all it safety hazards the place burned down killing 300 people.next we cross the street to where saw a statue of henery ward Beecher who was probably the famous anti slavery activist i n America yet the least known today. he was famous for hes dramatic demonstrations of slavery and sparked a fire in so many people to support him. he was also know for supporting cild welfare. that area was originally called dumbo and was one the first free black neighborhoods in Brooklyn. then we headed of to bhs.  the building was quite big and right of the bat you can see the artique and all the work that was put in to it . the building is considered to be a land mark and never to changed.  it was made to represent the greatness of the white aristocrat which it did job of doing. on it you can long island historical society . because Brooklyn was orginally apart of long island. and that was our tour.