PARK FACT:
Castle Garden housed a popular beer garden in the early 19th century.
Battery Park
Admiral George Dewey Memorial
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- Sculptor: Daniel Chester French (replica medallions based on French's originals)
- Description: Plaque with two relief medallions on plinth
- Materials: Bronze, Barre granite (Presbry-Leland Company)
- Cast: 1973
- Dedicated: May 3, 1973
- Foundry: U.S. Bronze Sign Company, NY
- Donor: Eighteen civic, veterans', and historical associations, under auspices of American Battle Monuments Commission
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