First Free Public School in Brooklyn
ON OR NEAR THIS SITE
WAS OPENED
ONE OF
THE FIRST FREE PUBLIC SCHOOLS
IN AMERICA
ONE OF
THE FIRST FREE PUBLIC SCHOOLS
IN AMERICA
AND THE FIRST IN BROOKLYN
UNDER AUTHORIZATION GIVEN BY THE SCHEPENS
JULY 4, 1661
UNDER AUTHORIZATION GIVEN BY THE SCHEPENS
JULY 4, 1661
CARL DEBEVOISE
TEACHER
THE SPARK HERE KINDLED HAS BECOME A GREAT FLAME.
ILLUMINING THE PATH OF YOUTH UNTO WISDOM WORTH
ILLUMINING THE PATH OF YOUTH UNTO WISDOM WORTH
THIS TABLET IS ERECTED BY THE
BROOKLYN TEACHERS ASSOCIATION
BROOKLYN TEACHERS ASSOCIATION
1927
OFFICERS 1926-1927
OSWALD SCHLOCKOW, PRESIDENT
AGNES M. MARSHALL, FIRST VICE PRESIDENT
HATTIE V. JOHNSON, SECOND VICE PRESIDENT
HARRIET E. MOORE, COR. SECRETARY
CARRIE A. O'DELL, REC. SECRETARY
WILLIAM E. REED, TREASURER
BERTHA C. DANGLER, CUSTODIAN
AGNES M. MARSHALL, FIRST VICE PRESIDENT
HATTIE V. JOHNSON, SECOND VICE PRESIDENT
HARRIET E. MOORE, COR. SECRETARY
CARRIE A. O'DELL, REC. SECRETARY
WILLIAM E. REED, TREASURER
BERTHA C. DANGLER, CUSTODIAN
COMMITTEE
GEORGE MILLARD DAVISON, CHAIRMAN
ROBERT COMIN
ROBERT COMIN
AMBROSE CORT
ISABEL A. ENNIS
WILLIAM F. KURZ
MARGARET E. LACEY
AUGUSTUS LUDWIG
HENRY MENDELSOHN
JOHN J. TOWERS
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