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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

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