Flushing Greens

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Flushing Memorial

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Location: Northern Boulevard. and Leavitt Street
Sculptor: Hermon Atkins MacNeil
Description: Standing, winged female figure (heroic scale) on pedestal, in front of stele, benches at sides
Materials: Georgia pink marble
Dimensions: Figure H: 14' W: 7' D: 3'; Pedestal H: 4' 6" W: 14'2" D: 10'1"
Cast: ca. 1925
Dedicated: 1925
Inscription: Signed:
H A MACNEIL SCULP MCMXXV /

Front:
THE WORLD WAR / IN MEMORY / OF THOSE WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES /

Side 1:
[39 names]

Side 2:
[38 names]

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