BROOKLYN WAR MEMORIAL
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Listing Details
Type of Memorial: War Memorials
Year Dedicated: 1951
Access: Public
Wars Commemorated: WORLD WAR II
Photograph By: COURTESY OF NYC PARKS ART & ANTIQUITIES
Submitted By: COURTESY OF NYC PARKS ART & ANTIQUITIES
THIS MEMORIAL IS DEDICATED TO THE MORE THAN 300,000 “HEROIC MEN AND WOMEN OF THE BOROUGH OF BROOKLYN” WHO SERVED IN WORLD WAR II, INSIDE ARE DISPLAYED APPROXIMATELY 11,500 NAMES OF BROOKLYN SERVICE MEMBERS WHO DIED DURING THE WAR. THE TWO MASSIVE EXTERIOR HIGH RELIEF FIGURES THAT DEPICT A MALE WARRIOR ON THE LEFT AND A FEMALE WITH A CHILD TO THE RIGHT, SYMBOLS OF VICTORY AND FAMILY.
THE INSCRIPTION READS: THIS MEMORIAL DEDICATED TO THE HEROIC MEN AND WOMEN OF THE BOROUGH OF BROOKLYN WHO FOUGHT FOR LIBERTY IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR 1941-1945 AND ESPECIALLY TO THOSE WHO SUFFERED AND DIED MAY THEIR SACRIFICE INSPIRE FUTURE GENERATIONS AND LEAD TO UNIVERSAL PEACE
SEE ALSO-BROOKLYN WAR MEMORIAL PLAQUE
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