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Liberty Flagstaff
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| Artist: | Albert Weinert |
| Dedicated: | June 14, 1921 |
| Location: | Near Broadway, under a tree, west side of City Hall Building |
| Description: | Marker and flagstaff |
| Materials: | Gray granite |
| Dimensions: | H: 1'10" W: 3' |
| Donor: | Sons of the Revolution and the New York Historical Society |
Inscription
HERE IN THE ANCIENT COMMONS OF OUR CITY / WHERE, BEFORE THE TIMEOF OUR NATIONAL / INDEPENDENCE, / FIVE LIBERTY POLES WERE/
SUCCESSIVELY SET UP, THIS FLAGPOLE OF 1921 / IS PLACED IN GRATEFUL
REMEMBRANCE OF ALL / LOVERS OF OUR COUNTRY WHO HAVE DIED THAT / THE
LIBERTY WON ON THESE SHORES MIGHT BE / THE HERITAGE OF THE WORLD.
HERE THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE WAS READ TO WASHINGTON'S
ARMY JULY 9, 1776.
THIS IS A REPLICA OF THE LAST LIBERTY POLE
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