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Zion Park War Memorial
Legion Street between East New York and Pitkin Avenue
Free to visit, outdoors, open any time.
Plaque: TO COMMEMORATE THOSE WHO AT THE CALL OF THEIR COUNTRY, LEFT ALL THAT WAS DEAR. / ENDURED HARDSHIP, FACED DANGER, AND FINALLY PASSED OUT OF SIGHT / OF MEN BY THE PATH OF DUTY AND SACRIFICE GIVING UP / THEIR LIVES THAT OTHERS MIGHT LIVE IN FREEDOM. / LET THOSE WHO COME AFTER SEE TO IT THAT THEIR NAMES NOT BE FORGOTTEN. / BY THE / CITIZENS MEMORIAL COMMITTEE / AND SOLDIERS' AND SAILORS' MEMORIAL COMMITTEES / OF THE AMERICAN LEGION, VETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS / AND JEWISH VETERANS OF THE WARS OF THE REPUBLIC. / COMPRISING LOCAL BOARDS 82 TO 88 / (LEFT HONOR ROLL, NAMES A-M) (RIGHT HONOR ROLL, NAMES M-Z)
Where to find it
Legion Street between East New York and Pitkin Avenue. Location data: New York Open Data. Get directions
- Artist
- Charles Cary Rumsey
- Type
- Exedra, bas-relief
- Material
- Bronze, limestone
- Year
- 1925
- City
- Brooklyn, NY
- Coordinates
- 40.66874, -73.91858