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Clason Point World War I Memorial
Soundview Avenue, Underhill Avenue and Patterson Avenue
Free to visit, outdoors, open any time.
Top plaque: DEDICATED TO THOSE WHO MADE THE SU- / PREME SACRIFICE AND TO ALL OTHERS / FROM CLASON POINT WHO ENTERED THE / SERVICE OF OUR COUNTRY IN THE WORLD WAR / NEW YORK CITY / A.D. 1928 Bottom left plaque: LET US RAISE / A STANDARD TO WHICH / THE WISE AND HON- / EST CAN REPAIR THE / EVENT IS IN THE HANDS / OF GOD. / WASHINGTON / THAT GOVERNMENT / OF THE PEOPLE BY THE / PEOPLE AND FOR THE / PEOPLE SHALL NOT PER- / ISH FROM THE EARTH / LINCOLN Bottom right plaque: NO IMPERIAL / DESIGNS LURK / IN THE AMERICAN / MIND THEY ARE / ALIEN TO AMERI - / CAN SENTIMENT / THOUGHT AND PURPOSE. / MCKINLEY / THAT THE WORLD / MAY BE MADE / SAFE FOR DEMOC- / RACY. / WILSON
Where to find it
Soundview Avenue, Underhill Avenue and Patterson Avenue. Location data: New York Open Data. Get directions
- Artist
- James S.J. Novelli
- Type
- Stele, bas-relief
- Material
- Bronze, Deer Isle Granite
- Year
- 1927
- City
- Bronx, NY
- Coordinates
- 40.81347, -73.85809