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  • Location: Exterior of Arsenal Building, ground floor
  • Description: Tablet
  • Materials: Bronze
  • Dimensions: H: 16 ½" W: 18"
  • Dedicated: 1965; Installed June 1967
  • Donor: National Park Service
  • Inscription: CENTRAL PARK / HAS BEEN DESIGNED A / REGISTERED NATIONAL / HISTORIC LANDMARK / UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF THE / HISTORIC SITES ACT OF AUGUST 21,1935 / THIS SITE POSSESSES EXCEPTIONAL VALUE / IN COMMEMORATING AND ILLUSTRATING / THE HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES / US DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR / NATIONAL PARK SERVICE / 1965

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