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Memorial Gore
Metropolitan Ave., Maspeth Ave., Bet. Humbolt St. And Bushwick Ave.
Brooklyn
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Acres: 0.07
Bushwick War Memorial 
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- Sculptor: Piccirilli Brothers
- Architect: Presbry, Leland Co.
- Description: Eagle on ball on triangular shaft on plinth; small tablet on ground with dedication date
- Materials: Tennessee pink marble
- Cast: 1920
- Dedicated: December 5, 1920
- Donor: American Legion
- Inscription: 1) THIS MEMORIAL / RECORDS THE / PATRIOTISM / AND DEVOTION / OF THE MEN OF / THE 13TH ASSEMBLY / DISTRICT WHO / SERVED THE / UNITED STATES/ IN THE WORLD / WAR / 1917-1918 2)/ [Honor Rolls] 3) Tablet:: ": DEC / 5 / 1920" [sealed box beneath tablet]
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