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Walloon Settlers Memorial 
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- Architect: Henry Bacon
- Description: Stele on base
- Materials: Limestone
- Dimensions: H: 9'10" W: 8'4" D: 5'8"
- Cast: ca. 1924
- Dedicated: May 20, 1924
- Donor: Conseil Provincial du Hainaut (Belgium)
- Inscription: PRESENTED TO THE CITY / OF NEW YORK BY THE / CONSEIL PROVINCIAL DU HAINAUT / IN MEMORY OF THE WALLOON SETTLERS / WHO CAME OVER TO AMERICA IN THE / "NIEW NEDERLAND" UNDER THE / INSPIRATION OF JESSE DE FOREST OF / AVESNES THEN COUNTY OF HAINAUT / ONE OF THEPROVINCES / --- / 1624 - 1924 /
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