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Colonel David Marcus Memorial Playground Plaque
- Location: Ocean Pkwy., Avenue P, East 3rd Street
- Description: Plaque on plinth
- Materials: Bronze, granite
- Dimensions: H: 10" W: 1'3"
- Cast: 1948
- Dedicated: 1948
- Donor: Colonel David Marcus Memorial Committee
- Inscription: COLONEL DAVID MARCUS PLAYGROUND /---/ DEDICATED TO THE MEMORY OF / COLONEL DAVID MARCUS - AMERICAN / SOLDIER - LAWYER - NEW YORK CITY / OFFICIAL - KILLED JUNE 10, 1948 WHILE / LEADING ISRAELI FORCES NEAR / JERUSALEM. LIBERTY AND EQUALITY / FOR ALL MEN WERE MORE PRECIOUS / TO HIM THAN HIS LIFE. /
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