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Freedom Tree Marker

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  • Location: Broadway, south of driveway entrance
  • Description: Plaque on plinth, set into ground
  • Materials: Bronze, granite
  • Dimensions: Plaque H: 7" W: 1'
  • Cast: ca. 1973
  • Dedicated: 1973
  • Fabricator: A. Ottavino Corp.
  • Inscription: THE FREEDOM TREE / WITH THE VISION OF UNIVERSAL FREEDOM / FOR ALL MANKIND / THIS TREE IS DEDICATED TO / THE MEN OF NEW YORK STATE / AND ALL / PRISONERS OF WAR / AND / MISSING IN ACTION / 1973

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