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City Employees War Memorial
- Location: West of north end of Mall, opposite Naumberg Bandshell
- Sculptor: Georg John Lober
- Architect: Otto Langman
- Description: Flagstaff supported by sleeve ornamented with leaves and ending in four medallions in relief and four standing eagles with outspread wings, on pedestal
- Materials: Flagstaff--iron; Sleeve--bronze; Pedestal--Deer Isle granite
- Dimensions: Sleeve H: 4'11" W: 3'2" D: 3'2"; Pedestal H: 6'1" W: 7'6" D: 7'6"
- Cast: ca 1926
- Dedicated: 1926
- Donor: Mrs. Charles Augustine Robinson
- Inscription: IN / COMMEMORATION / OF THE HEROISM / AND SACRIFICES / OF THE / CITY EMPLOYEES / WHO FOUGHT / IN THE / VARIOUS WARS / OF THE / UNITED STATES /
PRESENTED BY / MRS. CHARLES / AUGUSTINE ROBINSON / NATIONAL FLAG-LADY / OF THE VETERANS OF / FOREIGN WARS OF / THE UNITED STATES /
Seals: State of New York, U. S. Army, U.S. Navy, City of New York
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Central Park Information: (212) 310-6600
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