Restored war monument highlights NYC Memorial Day ceremony
5/26/2008, 4:08 p.m. EDT
The Associated Press
NEW YORK (AP) — “As the nation marks Memorial Day, New York City officials have unveiled a newly refurbished Civil War monument in Manhattan’s Riverside Park.
The city and the private Riverside Park Fund have paid more than $1 million for new plantings, chess tables, lighting and other improvements to the Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Monument. The work included cleaning and restoring a pair of 1865 U.S. Army cannons.
The nearly 100-foot-tall marble and granite monument commemorates New York State residents who fought in the Union Army during the Civil War. It was finished in 1902.”
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GrayFoxDown, filed under Big Apple Sauce. Date: May 26, 2008, 11:31 pm |
May 27th, 2008 at 2:05 am
Thanks for the photo. I was glad to see it.