Academics
March 6, 2015
Hms Jersey: Monuments and Absences on the Battlefields of Brooklyn
Drawings from the Anna Pierrepont Series by St. Francis College Fine Arts Professor Howard Skrill.
Watch the video from the opening reception
Eight thousand American prisoners of war suffered unspeakably on His Majesty's Ship Jersey during the American Revolution. HMS: Jersey: Monuments and Absences on the Battlefields of Brooklyn is a multimedia art installation by Professor Skrill that opened in the College's Callahan Center on March 6, 2015.
Howard Skrill with Mike Grillo, a Revolutionary War Reenactor, recited an essay on the MHS Jersey by Skrill.