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var str = 'This 51-foot-high granite obelisk in New York City honors Major General William Jenkins Worth and serves as his tomb which is one of only 2 mausoleum monuments in the city (the other is Grant’s Tomb). The 2nd oldest monument park in the City sits at the confluence of Broadway, 5th Avenue and 24th Street. The obelisk has carved bands with the names of important battles in which Worth participated and on the front of the obelisk is a bronze bas relief sculpture of the general on his horse. On one side is inscribed the Latin phrase, “Ducit Amor Patriae” which means the love of country leads me. Four corner granite piers once held lamp posts but now serve as anchors for the surrounding cast-iron fence whose ornamental pickets replicate General Worth’s Congressional Sword of Honor. This magnificent monument was designed by James Goodwin Batterson and was dedicated on New York City’s Evacuation Day holiday of November 25, 1857 and the burial procession included 6,500 soldiers. General Worth was born in Hudson, New York and first served in the War of 1812; his distinguished service and valor resulted in his rapid promotion. His military service was a departure from his Quaker family’s pacifist values. He served as the fourth Commandant of Cadets at West Point, New York despite not having attended the Academy himself. He then served in the Second Seminole War in 1842 which resulted in his promotion to general. Worth then fought in most of the major battles of the Mexican War from Vera Cruz to Mexico City and was promoted to Major General in 1846. After the war he was given command of the Department of Texas but died in San Antonio of cholera in 1859. The monument, which has undergone extensive renovations in 1995 is now supported by an endowment from his great-great grandson, Commander UNSR James W. Woodruff, Jr. The city of Fort Worth, Texas is named for the general.';
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var str = 'This simple granite stela in Central Park New York City near the bandshell by 63rd Street honors the members of the Knights of Pythias who gave their lives in service during World War I. The Knights of Pythias is one of the earliest U.S. fraternal orders founded in 1864 and promotes friendship, charity and benevolence. The granite markers list the names of the 10 Knights who lost their lives and the specific Lodge in Manhattan and the Bronx to which they belonged. This granite maker is in front of a grove of 10 trees that were also planted as part of this memorial upon its dedication on October 23, 1921 with both the city mayor and the governor of New York present. The Knights memorial is adjacent to the 307th Infantry Division Memorial and memorial trees.';
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var str = 'Near the center of campus and the Low Library, stands a large flagpole that was presented to the college on the same day as the initial cornerstones of the first campus buildings were laid, May 20, 1896. The Lafayette Post #140 of the Grand Army of the Republic which represented Union Civil War veterans provided two flags as symbols of the nation and peace.';
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var str = 'This massive equestrian statue of General George Washington sits atop a large granite base in Union Square Park and represents the moment New York City was liberated from the British at the end of the American Revolution November 25, 1783. The statue was commissioned in 1851 and sculpted by Henry Kirke Brown who helped develop a new American sculptural style. The representation of Washington combines some classical motifs with a sense of naturalness. Dedicated on July 4, 1856, the large statue originally resided in a traffic circle in the middle of the street on the southeast corner of Union Square. When the park was redesigned in 1929-30 the sculpture was moved to its present location in the south plaza opposite the statue of Abraham Lincoln on the north side of the park. The statue of Washington also became a site of a constant vigil and shrine by New Yorkers after the attacks of September 11, 2001.';
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var str = 'One of nine Civil War general statues in New York City, Civil War General Philip Sheridan stands watch over Christopher Park. The park is part of Sheridan Square in Manhattan. Sheridan served with distinction as a cavalry commander during the Civil War but continued his career post war and in 1884 was named commander-in-chief of the United States Army. This statue was presented by the General Sheridan Memorial Committee and dedicated on October 19, 1936. While Sheridan is usually depicted on horseback, Joseph Pollias’s statue presents the general in his full US Army uniform with a sword at his side and resting atop a granite plinth on which is inscribed the famous quote from General Ulysses S. Grant describing him: “He belongs to the first rank of soldiers, not only of our country, but of the world.”';
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var str = 'This beautiful memorial in Madison Square Park honors US Admiral David Farragut who spent almost his entire life in service of the US Navy and is one of only seven Navy officers who served on active duty for life. He was most renowned for his role the Civil War when he took control of New Orleans. The bronze statue of the Admiral presents him seeming in action during battle in his naval uniform with binoculars and sword. The statue stands in the center of a granite half circle wall with seating bench on which is carved his story and dedication to his country along with two female figures. The Memorial, which was dedicated in 1881, brought together two great artistic figures of the time the Sculptor Augustus Saint-Gaudens and the architect Stanford White.';
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var str = 'The Korean War Memorial Plaza in Brooklyn’s Cadman Park honors all those from Brooklyn who served and especially those who gave their lives in the Korean War. On the low granite walls are inscribed the names of the fallen and a large flagpole sits atop a raised platform. Dedicated on November 11, 1992, the site was designed by architect George P. Vellonakis and was organized by the Korean War Veterans Chapter #171.';
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var str = 'Within the grounds of Fort Greene Park, a one hundred- and forty-nine-foot-tall Doric granite column sits atop a large crypt holding the remains of 11,500 prisoners who died on British prison ships anchored at Wallabout Bay during the American Revolution. The prisoners died from overcrowding and disease in poor conditions and originally were hastily buried along the shore. The patriots, both male and female and representing all thirteen colonies, were reinterred in 1808 in a tomb on Jackson Street near the Brooklyn Navy Yard. The high ground that had originally been constructed as Fort Putnam became a public park in the mid-1800s and was renamed for General Nathaniel Greene. In 1873 the prisoner remains were moved to a new 25x11 foot vault at this location although only twenty-two boxes of remains were entombed. In 1905 Stanford White of the renowned architectural firm McKim, Mead and White designed a grand 100-foot-wide granite staircase leading to the vault and the column crowned with a bronze lantern was placed at the peak. President William Howard Taft dedicated the new column in 1908. ';
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var str = 'The 107th Regiment was previously known as the 7th Regiment of the New York National Guard and was activated during World War I. This massive bronze statue sits on a twenty-five foot wide granite base and consists of seven figures who appear to almost move forward off the base. The regiment saw extensive action and suffered numerous casualties in the war and four men were awarded the Medal of Honor. The sculptor Karl Illava served as a member of the unit during the war and his sculpture presents seven different figures in action.';
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var str = 'This monument honors the men of the 7th REG National Guard of New York who served in the Civil War and especially for the 58 members who lost their lives. The granite base is topped by a bronze statue of a Union soldier with his hands resting on the barrel of his gun which is resting with the butt on the ground. There are bronze round medallions on the lower portion of each side of the monument. The monument is in Central Park in New York City and is along West Drive near 67th Street.';
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