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Brooklyn War Memorial
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| Artist: | Charles Keck |
| Dedicated: | 1951 |
| Location: | Fulton and Tillary Streets |
| Description: | Building adorned by two large figures (heroic scale), one at either end of front façade |
| Architect: | Eggers and Higgins |
| Materials: | Limestone |
| Dimensions: | Each figure H: 24' |
| Donor: | Contributions by firms and individuals |
| Cast: | ca. 1951 |
Inscription
THIS MEMORIAL DEDICATED / TO THE HEROIC MEN AND WOMEN OF THEBOROUGH OF BROOKLYN / WHO FOUGHT FOR LIBERTY IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR 1941-1945 / AND ESPECIALLY TO THOSE WHO SUFFERED AND DIED / MAY THEIR SACRIFICE INSPIRE FUTURE GENERATIONS / AND LEAD TO UNIVERSAL PEACE.
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