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Columbus Square Tablet 
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- Description: Circular tablet set in pavement
- Materials: Bronze
- Dimensions: Diameter: 24"
- Dedicated: October 12, 1937
- Donor: Italian Chamber of Commerce of Queens
- Inscription: BUT FOR COLUMBUS THERE WOULD BE NO AMERICA / PRESIDENT FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT /
ON THIS SITE / WILL BE ERECTED / A MONUMENT TO / CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS / THIS TABLET DEDICATED / ON OCTOBER 12, 1937 / BY THE ITALIAN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF / THE BOROUGH OF QUEENS & ALLIED SOCIETIES /
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