HAROLD W. COHN MEMORIAL
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Listing Details
Type of Memorial: Bronze Relief Portrait
Year Dedicated: 1991
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 HONORS LEGISLATOR AND JUDGE HAROLD W. COHN. AT AGE 31, COHN SAW ACTIVE DUTY DURING WORLD WAR II THROUGHOUT EUROPE. HE HELPED PUSH BACK THE NAZI COUNTER-OFFENSIVE AT THE BATTLE OF THE BULGE AS A MEMBER OF THE FIGHTING 69TH DIVISION. AFTER THE WAR HE BECAME AN ACTIVE MEMBER OF THE WILLIAMSBURG AND GREENPOINT COMMUNITIES, SERVING AS A NEW YORK STATE ASSEMBLYMAN, CHAIRMAN OF THE MOTOR VEHICLES COMMITTEE, AND A NEW YORK CIVIL COURT JUDGE.
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