Highbridge Park

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Washington Heights Memorial Honor Grove

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  • Location: Playground at 180th and Amsterdam Avenue
  • Description: Plaque
  • Materials: Bronze, natural boulder
  • Dimensions: 5"h x 8"w
  • Dedicated: 1945
  • Donor: Memorial Honor Grove Assoc. Inc.
  • Inscription: IN HONOR OF / THE MEN AND WOMEN / OF / WASHINGTON HEIGHTS / WHO HAVE SERVED IN / WORLD WAR II / THE WASHINGTON HEIGHTS / MEMORIAL HONOR GROVE ASSOC. INC. / 1945 /

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Please note that Highbridge Recreation Center gymnasium will be closed from October 26 to November 5 for Early Voting and Election Day. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause.