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  2. The Battery (Manhattan) - Wikipedia

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    World War II Coast Guard Memorial (1955 [81]) – Located at the extreme southeast end of Battery Park, this memorial was designed by Norman M. Thomas and depicts three figures on a pedestal. [ 168 ] Wireless Operators Memorial (1915, [ 169 ] rededicated 1952 [ 170 ] ) – Located near the center of the park, the monument consists of a cenotaph ...

  3. List of Nike missile sites - Wikipedia

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    After the phase-out of the Nike Ajax system, sites B-05, B-36, and B-73 remained supplied with Hercules missiles. Army Air-Defense Command Post (AADCP) B-21DC established at Fort Heath, MA in 1960 for Nike missile command-and-control functions. The site was an AN/FSG-l Missile-Master Radar Direction Center.

  4. List of national memorials of the United States - Wikipedia

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    National memorial is a designation in the United States for an officially recognized area that memorializes a historic person or event. [1] As of September 2020 the National Park Service (NPS), an agency of the Department of the Interior, owns and administers thirty-one memorials as official units and provides assistance for five more, known as affiliated areas, that are operated by other ...

  5. World War II Memorial - Wikipedia

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    4.6 million (in 2018) Governing body. National Park Service. Website. World War II Memorial. The World War II Memorial is a national memorial in the United States [1][2] dedicated to Americans who served in the armed forces and as civilians during World War II. It is located on the National Mall in Washington, D.C.

  6. Statue of John Ericsson - Wikipedia

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    The modified statue predates the John Ericsson Memorial in Washington, D.C. by 13 years. The statue is located on the perimeter of Battery Park, on State Street, across from Bridge Street. Over time the monument suffered extensive damage, the result of weathering, vandalism, and even a fire.

  7. Memorials and services for the September 11 attacks

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    The World Trade Center cross was a temporary memorial at Ground Zero.. Soon after the attacks, temporary memorials were set up in New York and elsewhere. On October 4, Reverend Brian Jordan, a Franciscan priest, blessed the World Trade Center cross, two broken beams at the crash site which had formed a cross, and then had been welded together by iron-workers.

  8. Castle Clinton - Wikipedia

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    Castle Clinton (also known as Fort Clinton and Castle Garden) is a restored circular sandstone fort within Battery Park at the southern end of Manhattan in New York City. Built from 1808 to 1811, it was the first American immigration station, predating Ellis Island. More than 7.5 million people arrived in the United States at Fort Clinton ...

  9. Category : World War II memorials in the United States

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    P. Pearl Harbor Memorial Bridge (Connecticut) Pearl Harbor Memorial Bridge (Maryland) Pearl Harbor Memorial Turnpike Extension. Pearl Harbor National Memorial. Pearl Harbor Remembrance Bridge (Maine) Pennsylvania Railroad World War II Memorial. Port Chicago Naval Magazine National Memorial.