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Lower East Side War Memorial 
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- Description: Cylindrical bas relief stele, incised letters
- Materials: Polished granite, bronze plaque
- Dimensions: 12'h x 4'diam
- Dedicated: May 30, 1953
- Donor: Morris Dickstein Post #462, Veterans of Foreign Wars
- Inscription: IN MEMORY OF THOSE WHO MADE THE SUPREME SACRIFICE IN DEFENSE OF
THEIR COUNTRY/
BASE: DEDICATED BY MORRIS DICKSTEIN POST NO 462 VFW
PLAQUE: ERECTED BY THE / MORRIS DICKSTEIN POST NO. 462 / VETERANS
OF FOREIGN WARS / OF THE UNITED STATES / MAY 30, 1953 / DEDICATED TO
OUR SERVICE MEN AND WOMEN ORIGINATING FROM THE LOWER EAST SIDE/
WHO SERVED OUR COURNTRY DURING / WORLD WAR I..WORLD WAR II..KOREAN
ACTION / OUR NATION AND ALL FREE PEOPLES / ARE PERPETUALLY IN THEIR
DEBT / GROUND DEDICATED BY HONORABLE HUGO E. ROGERS / BOROUGH
PRESIDENT, MANHATTAN 1946-1950.
FOR COMMITTEE LIST SEE INDEX CARD
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