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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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