The Story of American Patriotic Sisterhood:The Statue of Liberty & Statue of Minerva

The Statue of Minerva

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Today the Statue of Minerva sits on the famous Battle Hill(today, part of GreenWood Cemetery) the highest natural point in Brooklyn(220 ft. high). As you learned, it is one of the hills where the brave patriots fought the British troops on August 27-29, 1776 which was soon after the Declaration of Independence was signed on July 4, 1776.

The Statue of Minerva and her Altar of Liberty were commissioned by Charles Higgins who made his fortune with Higgins India Ink. He felt the battle was given "little attention " by historians and wanted to honor the American patriots who fought for Liberty.

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Before Reading Skill:Predicting Who do you think the statue represents from history of mythology? Where do you think the statue is shown in the picture?

During Reading Skill:Context clues- What do you think the word "commissioned" means in the sentence? Look at the words before and after the word to help you. Then, check the definition in the glossary. Skill:Inference Why do you think historians have given "little attention" to the Battle of Long Island?

After Reading Skill:Drawing Conclusions What American Patriotic story of sisterhood do the symbolic features of the Statue of Minerva teach us or represent after reading the Chapter, The Statue of Minerva (read page 11 and 12)?

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