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Dedicated:1920
Location:Foot of Fifth avenue
Description:Flagstaff pedestal
Architect:McKim, Mead, and White
Materials:Dover marble
Dimensions:7'6"h x 5'9"w
Donor:Washington Square Association

Inscription

Inscription 1:
IN HONOR / OF / ALL THOSE FROM / THIS DISTRICT / WHO GAVE THEIR / LIVES IN THE / WORLD WAR / PRESENTED BY THE / WASHINGTON SQUARE / ASSOCIATION / 1920 /

Inscription 2:
CAPT. KENELM WINSLOW / LT. CHARLES DERHAM JR. / LT. JOUETT FITCH SINGLETON / LT. ARTHUR RICHMOND TABER / LT. HARRY THRASHER / LT. JACK M. WRIGHT / Q.M. CLEMENT LAWRENCE / SGT. BERNARD BULNTE / SGT. PAUL BURKE HEFLIN / SGT. GEORGE WADE SMITH / CORP. EDWARD GRANT COXE / CORP. ALEXANDER AMADOR KIN / CORP. HENRY JOSEPH LYNCH / CORP. HENRY LONSDALE SCANNELL / PVT. GEORGE JOSEPH CUDDY / PVT. WILLIAM CHARLES DAGAN / PVT. DANIEL ESPOSITO / PVT. JOHN JOSEPH PULLIS / PVT. SWAN AUSTIN MORRISON / PVT. ALOYSIUS P. MCMAHON /

Inscription 3:
FOR THE / GREAT REPUBLIC / FOR THE PRINCIPLE / IT LIVES BY AND / KEEPS ALIVE / FOR MAN'S VAST / FUTURE. / ABRAHAM LINCOLN /

Inscription 4:
FOURTEENTH STREET / SEVENTH AVE. / BLEECKER ST. / BROADWAY /

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