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Sixty First District Memorial
Greenwood Ave and East 5th Street
Free to visit, outdoors, open any time.
Stele (front): IN HONOR OF/ THE MEN OF THIS DISTRICT / WHO SERVED THEIR COUNTRY/IN THE WORLD WAR / 1917-1918 Relief (front): THEY GAVE THEIR LIVES/IN THE CAUSE OF FREEDOM / [47 names arranged in two columns] / GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS / THAT A MAN LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS Stele (left): AISNE MARNE / CHATEAU THIERRY / BELLEAU WOOD /HIDENBURG LINE/ST MIHIEL/MEUSE ARGONNE Stele (rear): ERECTED NOVEMBER 11 1922 / BY THE / CITIZENS MEMORIAL ASSOCIATION / OF DRAFT BOARD DISTRICT SIXTY ONE
Where to find it
Greenwood Ave and East 5th Street. Location data: New York Open Data. Get directions
- Artist
- Charles Keck
- Type
- Statue, stele
- Material
- Bronze, granite
- Year
- 1922
- City
- Brooklyn, NY
- Coordinates
- 40.65088, -73.97675
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