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Murray Hill War Memorial

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Location: 35th-36th Streets and 1st and 2nd Avenues
Description: 4 tablets set into exterior of building wall
Materials: Bronze
Dimensions: Tablets H: 1'5" W: 2'7"; Base H: 3'7" W: 2'5"
Dedicated: 1936
Donor: Murry Hill Post No. 56, American Legion
Inscription: THE BRONZE PLAQUES / FLAGPOLE AND GROVE / OF TREES. PROVIDED / BY
THE CITIZENS OF THIS / COMMUNITY. UNDER / THE SPONSORSHIP OF / MURRY
HILL POST NO. 56 / AMERICAN LEGION, ARE / DEDICATED IN HALLOWED/
MEMORY OF THE SONS OF / THIS NEIGHBORHOOD / WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES/
IN THE WORLD WAR / IN THE CAUSE OF / JUSTICE, FREEDOM / AND/
DEMOCRACY / DEDICATED, 1936

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