ALTAR TO LIBERTY REVOLUTIONARY WAR MEMORIAL
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Listing Details
Type of Memorial: Statues War or Military Related
Year Dedicated: 1919
Access: Cemetery
Wars Commemorated: REVOLUTIONARY WAR
Photograph By: BILL COUGHLIN
Submitted By: COURTESY OF HMdb.org
THIS MEMORIAL, ERECTED IN 1919 ON THE HIGHEST POINT BROOKLYN, WAS FOR MANY YEARS THE ONLY MEMORIAL TO THE BATTLE OF LONG ISLAND. THE FIRST EXTENDED FIGHTING OF THE AUGUST 27, 1776 BATTLE OCCURRED ON THIS HILL. MINERVA, THE GODDESS OF WISDOM, GLORY AND PATRIOTISM, HOLDS UP HER HAND IN A SALUTE OF LIBERTY WHICH IS VISIBLE FROM THE ALTAR OF LIBERTY.
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