Jamaica Bay and the Rockaways
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Rockaway Women Veterans Monument
- Location: Beach 94th and Rockaway Beach Boulevard, center mall, north side
- Sculptor: Eileen Barry
- Description: Figure on pedestal
- Materials: Bronze, granite
- Dimensions: figure h 7'6" x w 2'1½" x d 3'½"; pedestal h 5'8" x w 4'7" x d 5'4"
- Cast: 1989
- Dedicated: September 24, 1989 - unauth. work
- Foundry: Joel Meisner Foundry, Farmingdale, NY
- Donor: Daniel M. O'Connell Post No. 272, American Legion
- Inscription: Plaque:
[American Legion Insiginia] / WOMEN VETERANS MONUMENT / DEDICATED BY THE / DANIEL M. O'CONNELL POST NO. 272 / AMERICAN LEGION AND FRIENDS, / SEPTEMBER 24, 1989 / IN GRATEFUL RECOGNITION OF ALL / THOSE WOMEN WHO SERVED THEIR / COUNTRY IN TIME OF CONFLICT / THROUGHOUT OUR COUNTRY'S / GLORIOUS HISTORY. / "FOR GOD AND COUNTRY" /
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