CHELSEA PARK WORLD WAR I MEMORIAL
THIS MEMORIAL CONSIST OF A 14 FOOT TALL BRONZE "DOUGHBOY" SOLDIER. HE HOLDS A RIFLE, AND HAS A FLAG DRAPED OVER HIS SHOULDER, AND IS DEPICTED AS IF IN THE MIDST OF BATTLE. AT THE TIME OF ITS DEDICATION THIS MEMORIAL WAS PLACED IN THE HEART OF A WORKING-CLASS TENEMENT DISTRICT. IT WAS DEDICATED TO THE MEN FROM THE CHELSEA NEIGHBORHOOD WHO FOUGHT AND DIED IN WORLD WAR I.
Listing Details
- Public
- WORLD WAR I
- Statues War or Military Related
- 1921
- 10TH AVENUE AND WEST 28TH STREET
- 10001
- MIKE LIANTONIO
- MIKE LIANTONIO
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