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Freedom Square Memorial
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| Artist: | Pietro Montana |
| Dedicated: | 1921 |
| Location: | Bushwick and Myrtle Avenues |
| Description: | Winged female figure (over life size) on integral plinth on pedestal |
| Architect: | William C. Deacy |
| Materials: | Bronze, Mount Airy granite |
| Dimensions: | Figure on plinth H: 8'; Pedestal H: 7' W: 2'6" D: 3'6" |
| Foundry: | Roman Bronze Works, New York |
| Donor: | Citizens of the 19th Assembly District |
| Cast: | ca. 1921 |
Inscription
Pedestal, front:IN MEMORY / OF THE MEN / OF THE 19TH / ASSEMBLY / DISTRICT WHO / DIED IN THE / WORLD WAR / 1917-1918 /
Pedestal, proper left:
[42 names, from A to K]
JOHN ACKERMAN --- SALVATORE DIMICELI / VITO ACCARDI --- ISIDORE EICHEN / FRANK ABNER --- STEPHEN EPP / CHARLES ALBERT --- JAMES FALCETTA / JOHN ALLMAN --- FRANK K. FALLES / SAMUEL AMATO --- CHARLES FREY / VITO ANGILERI --- DENNIS J. FORD / HARRY ALFRED BARNETT --- FREDERICK C. GEHRSITZ / JOHN BETTS --- EDWARD R. GERRETAD / FRANK BIANCO --- EDWARD GOEHRING / GEORGE W. BISCHOFF --- ALEXANDER GRINCEVIH / GEORGE J. BOHN --- RALPH GRECO / JACOB J. BALLUSKY --- JEREMIAH HICKEY / AUGUSTUS BRUNDAGE --- CHARLES V. HEISER / JOHN H. BURROWS --- HARRY V. KELLER / EDWARD BANDELT --- OTTO KEEHNER / GEORGE CACIOPPO --- FREDERICK J. KAMPER / ROBERT CLARK JR. --- CARL KENDENBURG / GEORGE CUNNINGHAM --- CHARLES KESSELBACH / JOHN JOSEPH DONOHUE --- WILLIAM KAUFFUNGER / JOSEPH DUMBACK --- WILLIAM M. KRATZEE /
Pedestal, proper right:
STEPHEN A. LANG --- ANTHONY RUND / JOSEPH R. LIEB --- BENEDICT SAHLI / WILLIAM LIEBERMAN --- PHILIP SCHRON / ADOLPH LANGENBERG ---BENEDICT C. SCIORTINO / DAVID LOFSKY --- ABRAHAM SEMINOWITZ / JOSEPH A. MANGIARCUSE --- PETER J. SERRA / FRANK J. MOLL --- ROBERT S. SIMS / ANDREW MARGASUTO --- FREDERICK C. SMITH / FRANK L. MCSORLEY --- HERMAN C. STEIN / CHARLES NACHTIGAL --- WILLIAM STENCHEVER / EDWARD E. NORD --- JOSEPH STRACI / CHARLES NELSON --- JOSEPH ROBERT SIEB / ANTHONY PENTOLO --- HAROLD TENNESEN / ADOLPH PEMPEL --- MAX A. TRUMPA / CHRISTOPHER V. QUINN --- GASPARE VENTIMIGILIA / ROBERT V. QUINN --- ANGELO VENTO / JOHN RIEGGER --- JOHN J. WALLACE / ALOYSIUS J. RUDOLPH --- RICHARD D. WEBER / LOUIS ROSENBLUM --- JACOB WAISER / LOUIS C. ROUFF --- BENJAMIN WROTSALSKI / HARRY ZALKIN /
Pedestal, back:
CHARLES HENRY LANG / ALEXANDER ROSMAY / JOHN COGNATO / JOSEPH BUFFA / FRANCIS R. BARNES / BENJAMIN PERKINS / JULES I. JOHNSON / HERBERT W. KLINGENSTEIN / CHARLES MARTIN / PAUL A . MASON /
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