A Little-Noticed Holocaust Memorial
“We are here, on this gentle spring day, to remember the unspeakable horror of the Holocaust and to mark that evil with a monument to the victims of that injustice.”—from […]
“We are here, on this gentle spring day, to remember the unspeakable horror of the Holocaust and to mark that evil with a monument to the victims of that injustice.”—from […]
“God would never be cruel enough to create a cyclone as terrible as that Argonne battle. Only man would ever think of doing an awful thing like that.” —from “The […]
“Lets have faith that right makes might; and in that faith let us, to the end, dare to do our duty as we understand it.” —the ending to Abraham Lincoln’s […]
In Honor / Of / All Those From / This District / Who Gave Their / Lives In The / World War / Presented By The / Washington Square / […]
“As soon as I heard of American independence, my heart was enlisted.” — Marquis de Lafayette (1757–1834), this quote is chiseled on the pedestal for the bronze figure of the […]
“I am a very Irish, very Catholic, very American person, if anybody challenges my convictions. But normally and let alone, I am just plain human.” —from “Father Duffy’s Story,” the […]
“The hours of folly are measured by the clock; but of wisdom, no clock can measure.” —William Blake (1757–1827, English poet) Walk About New York loves public clocks. This is […]
“Labor Day is devoted to no man, living or dead, to no sect, race or nation.” —Samuel Gompers (1850–1924, American labor leader) Today is Labor Day. Walk About New York […]
“How little do my countrymen know what precious blessings they are in possession of and which no other people on earth enjoy.” —Thomas Jefferson (1743–1826) This quote is chiseled at […]
“Few men have virtue to withstand the highest bidder.” —George Washington (1732–1799) By his peers and the public, George Washington was considered such a man, virtuous to a very high […]