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var str = 'This unique marker in Battery Park on the south end of Manhattan honors all those who have served the U.S. as part of the Merchant Marine throughout America’s wars and especially those who lie in unmarked graves in the sea. The memorial sits just offshore on a breakwater and is composed of a group of bronze statues of men who are attempting to survive after their ship was attacked by a German U-boat during World War II; it is based on a photograph taken of an actual event. The sculpture by Marisol Escobar captures an eerie realism as the waves pound the statues and on of the figures who clings on the side of the boat becomes submerged when the tide comes in. The men depicted here did not actually survive the incident. A bronze plaque onshore explains the memorial and its history and symbolism. ';
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var str = 'As the centerpiece of the Grand Army Plaza on the southeast corner of Central Park, this large gilded bronze equestrian statue of General William Tecumseh Sherman was the last major work of sculptor Augustus Saint-Gaudens. General Sherman graduated from West Point and rose to fame in the Civil War where he had a leading role in the defeat of the Confederacy. Sherman died in New York in 1891 and many of his friends in the Chamber of Commerce commissioned a statue of him for the city. Sherman’s figure on the horse is being led by an allegorical female figure representing peace; an African American woman from Georgia, Harriette Eugenia Anderson served as the model for the figure. At the feet of Sherman’s horse is a pine branch representing his march through Georgia. The sculpture rests on a large granite pedestal with three bronze wreaths on each side. ';
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var str = 'At the southwest corner of Central Park adjacent to Columbus Circle stands the massive memorial fountain honoring the USS Maine and those who served in the Spanish-American War in 1898. The monument is composed of a large granite pylon topped by a gilded statue of a female figure on a clam shell chariot being drawn by three seahorses; this is known as Columbia Triumphant. In front of the pylon is a group of symbolic figures representing courage and victory as well as justice. The names of those who were lost on the USS Maine are inscribed on one side of the pylon. The memorial composed mainly of granite and marble was designed by H. Van Buren Magonigle and Attilio Piccirilli. ';
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var str = 'This bronze equestrian statue of Simon Bolivar, liberator of much of South America from Spanish control, resides on the south end of Central Park on a black granite pedestal. It was donated by the government of Venezuela and sculpted by Sally Jane Farnham who won an international competition. An earlier statue of Bolivar in Central Park had ben removed after much criticism. President Warren G. Harding spoke at the dedication of the statue at Bolivar Hill near West 83rd Street on April 19, 1921. In 1946 Sixth Avenue was renamed Avenue of the Americas and a new plaza was created where it meets Central Park; the statue was moved to the new plaza designed to honor Pan-American heroes and would be joined by additional monuments. The memorial sites his role in liberating Venezuela, Ecuador, Peru, Columbia, and Bolivia.';
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var str = 'In Father Duffy Square in the Times Square area of Manhattan resides the beautiful bronze statue of Father France Duffy who had a long history as a military chaplain. The statue stands in front of a large granite Celtic cross and actually faces towards the priest’s old church, Holy Cross at 237 West 42nd Street. Born in Canada, Duffy moved to New York in the last 1800s and was ordained as a priest in 1898. He served as the chaplain for the Fighting 69th Infantry of the National Guard from New York where he served in first in the Spanish-American War and then a military hospital on Long Island before moving to the Bronx as a parish priest. During World War I, he returned to the 69th and served with them in Europe where he earned numerous medals including the Distinguished Service Cross, the Legion of Honor and the Croix de Guerre. When he returned to New York after the war, he became pastor of Holy Cross. After his death in 1932, the city named the new park at this location in his honor in 1934 and the memorial, designed by Charles Keck, was dedicated in 1937. The Memorial is now in the center of a major tourist destination.';
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var str = 'This massive equestrian statue of General George Washington sits atop a large granite base in Union Square Park and represents the moment New York City was liberated from the British at the end of the American Revolution November 25, 1783. The statue was commissioned in 1851 and sculpted by Henry Kirke Brown who helped develop a new American sculptural style. The representation of Washington combines some classical motifs with a sense of naturalness. Dedicated on July 4, 1856, the large statue originally resided in a traffic circle in the middle of the street on the southeast corner of Union Square. When the park was redesigned in 1929-30 the sculpture was moved to its present location in the south plaza opposite the statue of Abraham Lincoln on the north side of the park. The statue of Washington also became a site of a constant vigil and shrine by New Yorkers after the attacks of September 11, 2001.';
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var str = 'One of nine Civil War general statues in New York City, Civil War General Philip Sheridan stands watch over Christopher Park. The park is part of Sheridan Square in Manhattan. Sheridan served with distinction as a cavalry commander during the Civil War but continued his career post war and in 1884 was named commander-in-chief of the United States Army. This statue was presented by the General Sheridan Memorial Committee and dedicated on October 19, 1936. While Sheridan is usually depicted on horseback, Joseph Pollias’s statue presents the general in his full US Army uniform with a sword at his side and resting atop a granite plinth on which is inscribed the famous quote from General Ulysses S. Grant describing him: “He belongs to the first rank of soldiers, not only of our country, but of the world.”';
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var str = 'This beautiful memorial in Madison Square Park honors US Admiral David Farragut who spent almost his entire life in service of the US Navy and is one of only seven Navy officers who served on active duty for life. He was most renowned for his role the Civil War when he took control of New Orleans. The bronze statue of the Admiral presents him seeming in action during battle in his naval uniform with binoculars and sword. The statue stands in the center of a granite half circle wall with seating bench on which is carved his story and dedication to his country along with two female figures. The Memorial, which was dedicated in 1881, brought together two great artistic figures of the time the Sculptor Augustus Saint-Gaudens and the architect Stanford White.';
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var str = 'The Chelsea neighborhood World War I Doughboy statue is one of 9 Doughboy memorials in New York City and was sculpted by Philip Martiny who also created the Doughboy for the Abington Square Memorial. The bronze doughboy, which stands on a granite stele, depicts the young soldier holding his rifle with a flag draped around his shoulders and is dedicated to the men of Chelsea who served in the war. The memorial was dedicated on April 27, 1921 and was a gift from the Chelsea Memorial Committee. ';
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var str = 'This World War I doughboy statue, one of 9 erected in NYC after the war, was dedicated on October 31, 1921 by then Governor Alfred E. Smith. The bronze soldier is partially enwrapped by a flag that he carries with one hand and sits on a granite pedestal. The inscription states that it honors those from this Greenwich neighborhood who joined up to serve during the war. The statue, which was sculpted by Philip Martiny, was donated by the Jefferson Democratic Club whose headquarters was across the street from this location at the time. ';
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