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Location: WELDING ROAD AND WALLABOUT ROAD

City: BROOKLYN

State: New York

Zip Code: 11215

Type of Memorial: Obelisks War Monument

Access: Public

Wars Commemorated: SECOND OPIUM WAR

Photograph By: MATT GREEN


THE BATTLE OF THE BARRIE FORTS IN THE LATE 1856, WAS AN AMPHIBIOUS ASSAULT AND SHORT OCCUPATION CONDUCTED BY THE UNITED STATES NAVY AGAINST A SERIES OF FORTS ALONG QING DYNASTY CHINA’S PEARL RIVER. IT WAS FOUGHT AT THE BEGINNING OF THE SECOND OPIUM WAR


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