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Captain George H. Tilly
- Location: Highland Avenue and 165th St.
- Description: Stele
- Materials: Gray Westerly granite
- Dimensions: H: 9'1" W: 5'1" D: 5'1"
- Dedicated: 1941
- Fabricator: Jos. Bernill Inc. Builders
- Donor: United Spanish War Veterans, Jamaica
- Inscription: Side 1:
CUBA / [Medallion] U.S.A. --- CUBA --- PHILIPPINE ISLANDS --- PUERTO RICO --- SPANISH WAR VETERANS 1898 - 1902 --- ARMY UNITED NAVY /
Side 2:
PUERTO RICO / DEDICATED TO / THE HEROES OF / THE / SPANISH / AMERICAN / WAR /
Side 3:
CHINA / ERECTED A.D. 1941 / BY THE / CAPT. GEORGE H. TILLY / CAMP NO. 66. N.Y. / UNITED SPANISH WAR / VETERANS OF JAMAICA /
Side 4:
PHILIPPINES / DEDICATED TO / THE HEROES OF / THE / SPANISH / AMERICAN / WAR /
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