Listing Details

Location: W 135TH STREET AND ST NICHOLAS TERRACE

City: NEW YORK

State: New York

Zip Code: 10031

Type of Memorial: Veterans Memorial Rock

Access: Private

Wars Commemorated: CIVIL WAR, SPANISH-AMERICAN, WORLD WAR I, WORLD WAR II AND KOREAN WAR

Photograph By: MATT GREEN

Submitted By: IMJUSTWALKIN.COM

TO THIS REMEMBRANCE ROCK HAS BEEN BROUGHT PRECIOUS EARTH FROM THE BATTLEFIELDS OF GETTYSGURG, SAN JUAN HILL, ARGONNE FOREST, NORMANDY BEACH AND KOREA TO MEMORIALIZE THE GALLANT BOYS OF ALMA MATER WHO DIED IN OUR WARS. HERE ALSO HAS BEEN PLACED SOIL FROM CITY HALL, THE OLD 23RD STREET BUILDING AND THE CROWDED TENEMENTS OF OUR CITY TO SYMBOLIZE THE GRATITUDE OF ALL THOSE STUDENTS WHO HERE RECEIVED A FREE COLLEGE EDUCATION. MAY REMEMBRANCE ROCK EVER SERVE AS A PLACE FOR ALUMNI OF THE CITY COLLEGE TO COME TO, PAUSE AND REMEMBER.

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