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Father Duffy D.S.C. Post 54 Flagstaffs

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Location: 45th Street and Broadway
Description: Two square flagstaff bases with hexagon caps and collars
Materials: Granite, bronze
Dimensions: H: 4' W: 2'6" D: 2'6"
Dedicated: June 20, 1954
Donor: Gift
Inscription: South face:
ERECTED BY THE / FATHER DUFFY D.S.C. / POST 54 / CATHOLIC WAR VETERANS / OF U.S.A. / A.D. 1954 /

North face:
FOR GOD / FOR HOME / FOR COUNTRY / * * * / TO THOSE / WHO SERVED / THAT OTHERS / MIGHT LIVE /

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