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Canal St., Rutgers St. And E. Broadway

Manhattan

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Acres: 0.12

Lower East Side War Memorial map_it

  • Description: Cylindrical bas relief stele, incised letters
  • Materials: Polished granite, bronze plaque
  • Dedicated: May 30, 1953
  • Donor: Morris Dickstein Post #462, Veterans of Foreign Wars

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