http://www.warmemorialhq.org/om/items/browse?tags=New+York&output=atom2024-03-29T02:11:32-05:00Omekahttp://www.warmemorialhq.org/om/items/show/645
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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 = 'The most striking and largest monument in Riverside Park on the upper West Side of Manhattan is the tomb of President Ulysses S. Grant and his wife Julia. The monumental tomb, one of only 2 mausoleum memorials in the city and the largest mausoleum in the nation, was designed by John Duncan and completed in 1892 and is composed of marble and granite. The site is administered by the National Park Service. General U.S. Grant graduated from West Point and served in the U.S. Army beginning in the Mexican War and rose to command Union forces by during the Civil War. After serving two term as President, he retired to New York and died in 1885. People from all over the world contributed to the public fundraiser and more than 1 million people attended the dedication on April 2, 1897. Above the entrance to the mausoleum is a granite inscription “Let Us Have Peace”. The National Memorial stands at 150 feet high at the top of the domed ceiling. Inside are painted murals of scenes from Grant’s career and the granite sarcophagi of Grant and his wife lie directly below the rotunda.';
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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 = 'This Memorial flagstaff in Washington Square Park honors all those from this neighborhood district who lost their lives in World War I. The marble pedestal designed by the architectural firm McKim, Mead, and White was dedicated in 1920. One of the inscriptions lists the names of those who were lost along with their ranks. ';
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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 = 'This simple granite base for a flagpole in Central Park honors all those from the Red Cross who served overseas in World Wars I and II. The memorial is engraved on the base and can only be seen by looking down.';
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var str = 'The New York City memorial to the Vietnam War and its veterans is located in what was once known as Jeanette Park (named for the flagship of failed Arctic Expedition in the late 1800s). The Plaza was renamed in 1982 and the Memorial placed here. The centerpiece of the plaza is a large wall of glass blocks onto which are inscribed poems, letters and diary entries written by the veterans themselves; at the base of the wall is a granite shelf. This part of the plaza was designed by Peter Wormser and Williams Fellows (architects) and writer/veteran Joseph Ferrandino. In 2001 extensive renovations enhanced the plaza with a new entrance and landscaping as well as more information. The plaza includes a walkway of granite pylons with bronze plaques containing the inscribed the names of all 1, 741 U.S. military personnel from New York City who are listed as killed in action, missing in action or prisoners of war from the conflict in Vietnam from 1957-1975. There is also a large flat steel map of Vietnam that includes sites of battles. The memorial plaza was dedicated on May 4, 1985 and then again on November 9, 2001 when it was redesigned. ';
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var str = 'In Riverside Park on the Upper West Side of Manhattan stands the regal Civil War Soldiers and Sailors Monument which was built by the City of New York to honor those who fought for the Union in the war. The large 100-foot-tall circular Greek-style temple with 12 columns at the center sits on a raised platform and large plinths at the top of the south stairs list the New York Volunteer Units that served in the war as well as Union generals and the battles in which they fought. The top of the structure is surrounded by carved eagles. The monument was designed by Charles and Arthur Stoughton who won a competition in 1897; Paul Duboy served as the sculptor. The monument was dedicated on Memorial Day in 1902 at the culmination of parade of veterans.';
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var str = 'On the south end of Manhattan in Battery Park stands the New York City Korean War Veterans Memorial. This large cut-out of a soldier shape in a standing stele of polished black granite represents the “Universal Soldier” and allows the viewer to see through the granite to the Statue of Liberty. It was created by Mac Adams and dedicated in 1991 and is meant to signify the void left by death. The base of the monument has mosaic flags of all the nations that participated in the United Nations mission in Korean and the granite courtyard paving around the monument is inscribed with the numbers of killed, wounded, and missing from each nation. ';
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