PARK FACT:
Fort Washington Park is one of Manhattan's best spots for spotting peregrine falcons, one of the world's fastest birds, due to its location underneath George Washington Bridge.
Fort Washington Park
Charles and Murray Gordon 
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- Description: Tablets on markers (2)
- Materials: Bronze, cast stone
- Dedicated: 1925
- Donor: Charles and Murray Gordon Post No. 130, Jewish War Veterans of the United States of America
- Inscription: 1. IN MEMORY OF / CHARLES GORDON / DIED IN THE SERVICE OF HIS COUNTRY / OCT. 7, 1918 / DEDICATED BY / CHARLES AND MURRY GORDON/ POST NO. 130 / JEWISH WAR VETERANS / OF THE UNITED STATES 2. IN MEMORY OF / MURRY GORDON / A.E.F. - KILLED IN ACTION / FRANCE OCT. 10, 1918 / DEDICATED BY / CHARLES AND MURRY GORDON / POST NO. 130 / JEWISH WAR VETERANS / OF THE UNITED STATES
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