Astoria Park

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Astoria Park War Memorial

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Location: Shore Blvd. (behind swimming pool)
Sculptor: Gaetano Cecere (1894-1985)
Architect: Ruehl and Warren
Description: Stele with bas-relief on pedestal on stepped base
Materials: Concord, Massachusetts granite
Dimensions: Stele H: 6' W: 3'9"; Pedestal H: 3' W: 15'; Base H: 10" W: 20'; Total H: 12' (all approximate)
Cast: 1926
Dedicated: 1926
Donor: Long Island City Committee
Inscription: GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS THAT / A MAN LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS /---/ ERECTED 1926 BY THE PEOPLE OF LONG ISLAND CITY / IN HONOR OF ALL THEIR FELLOW CITIZENS WHO SERVED IN THE WORLD WAR 1914-1918

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