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Sunnyside Memorial

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Location: Queens Blvd., 48th to 49th Streets
Architect: Dominick L. Segrete
Description: Tapered obelisk on sq. base, incised ltr
Materials: African black granite (polished), stainless steel
Dimensions: 16'9"h x 8'10"w x 8'10"d
Dedicated: June 12, 1976 (flag day)
Fabricator: Fasolino Monuments
Donor: Memorial Monument Committee
Inscription: Sides 1 and 3:
TO OUR / GLORIOUS / WAR HEROES /

Side 2:
ALL WHO / SHALL HEREAFTER LIVE IN / FREEDOM WILL BE REMINDED / THAT TO THESE MEN AND / THEIR COMRADES WE OWE / A DEBT TO BE PAID WITH / GRATEFUL REMEMBRANCE / OF THEIR SACRIFICE AND / WITH HIGH RESOLVE THAT / THE CAUSE FOR WHICH THEY / DIED SHALL LIVE ETERNALLY. / GENERAL DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER /

Side 4:
THERE ARE / NO GREAT MEN THERE ARE / ONLY GREAT CHALLENGES / THAT BY CIRCUMSTANCE / ORDINARY MEN ARE FORCED / TO MEET. / ADMIRAL WILLIAM F. HALSEY /

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