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Admiral George Dewey Memorial

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  • Plaque with two relief medallions on plinth
  • Plaque with two relief medallions on plinth
  • Plaque with two relief medallions on plinth
  • Location: Upper Promenade, southwest of Castle Clinton
  • Sculptor: Daniel Chester French (replica medallions based on French's originals)
  • Description: Plaque with two relief medallions on plinth
  • Materials: Bronze, Barre granite (Presbrey-Leland Company)
  • Dimensions: Plaque H: 3'9" W: 2'8" D: 1"; Plinth H: 4' W: 3'4" D: 2'8"
  • Cast: 1973
  • Dedicated: May 3, 1973
  • Foundry: U.S. Bronze Sign Company, NY
  • Donor: Eighteen civic, veterans', and historical associations, under auspices of American Battle Monuments Commission
  • Inscription: Obverse of medal at top of plaque:
    THE GIFT / OF THE / PEOPLE OF THE / UNITED STATES / TO THE OFFICERS / AND MEN OF THE / ASIATIC SQUADRON / UNDER THE COMMAND / OF COMMODORE GEORGE DEWEY / --- / D.C. FRENCH 1898 /

    Reverse of medal at top of plaque:
    IN MEMORY OF THE VICTORY OF MANILA BAY / MAY 1 1898 / U.S.S. OLYMPIA /

    Main text on plaque:
    THIS MONUMENT ERECTED ON / ADMIRAL GEORGE DEWEY / PROMENADE / TO COMMEMORATE THE / 75TH ANNIVERSARY OF / THE BATTLE OF MANILA BAY / MAY 1, 1898 / UNITED SPANISH WAR VETERANS / NAVAL ACADEMY ASSOCIATION OF NEW YORK / SONS OF THE REVOLUTION IN THE STATE OF NEW YORK / SONS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION, NEW YORK CHAPTER / NAVAL ORDER OF THE UNITED STATES / NAVY LEAGUE OF THE UNITED STATES - NEW YORK COUNCIL / NEW YORK STATE SOCIETY OF THE CINCINNATI / UNITED STATES NAVAL INSTITUTE / THE MILITARY CHAPLAINS ASSOCIATION OF THE / UNITED STATES OF AMERICA / RESERVE OFFICERS ASSOCIATION OF THE UNITED STATES / NAVAL RESERVE ASSOCIATION / ROBERT L. HAGUE POST, AMERICAN LEGION / CATHOLIC WAR VETERANS, DEPARTMENT OF NEW YORK / THE SEAMEN'S BANK FOR SAVINGS / PHILIPPINE AMERICAN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE / NEW YORK CITY NATIONAL SHRINES ASSOCIATES / NAVAL HISTORICAL FOUNDATION / BATTERY CASTLE CLINTON MONUMENT ASSOCIATES / SPONSORS / MAY 1, 1973 /

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