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  • Sculptor: Gaetano Cecere
  • Architect: Ruehl and Warren
  • Description: Stele with bas-relief on pedestal on stepped base
  • Materials: Concord, Massachusetts granite
  • Dimensions: Stele H: 6' W: 3'9"; Pedestal H: 3' W: 15'; Base H: 10" W: 20'; Total H: 12' (all approximate)
  • Cast: 1926
  • Dedicated: 1926
  • Donor: Long Island City Committee
  • Inscription: GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS THAT / A MAN LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS /---/ ERECTED 1926 BY THE PEOPLE OF LONG ISLAND CITY / IN HONOR OF ALL THEIR FELLOW CITIZENS WHO SERVED IN THE WORLD WAR 1914-1918

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