Loreto Playground

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Patrolman Alfred Loreto Tablet

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Location: Tomlinson, Van Nest, and Haight Avenues; west side of brick fieldhouse
Description: Two plaques on west side of fieldhouse
Materials: Bronze
Dimensions: H: 15" W: 26"
Dedicated: July 21, 1985
Donor: City of New York
Inscription: Plaque 1:
ERECTED BY THE CITY OF NEW YORK / IN MEMORY OF / PATROLMAN ALFRED LORETO / WHO DIED IN THE HEROIC PERFORMANCE / OF DUTY ON JULY 21, 1950 / GREATER LOVE THAN THIS NO MAN HATH, / THAT A MAN LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS / ST. JOHN CHAPTER 15 / VERSE 13 /

Plaque 2:
IN CELEBRATION OF THE 35TH ANNIVERSARY OF / ALFRED LORETO PARK / AND IN HONOR OF SLAIN NEW YORK CITY POLICE OFFICER / ALFRED LORETO / KILLED IN THE LINE OF DUTY, JULY 21, 1950 / AND / ALL OTHER SLAIN NEW YORK CITY POLICE OFFICERS. / JULY 21, 1985 / PRESENTED BY THE / 35TH ANNIVERSARY COMMITTEE OF ALFRED LORETO PARK / CLIFF THIELEKE, CHAIRMAN /

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