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 […]
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Eternal Light Flagstaff
“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 […]
Lincoln at Cooper Union
“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 […]
Washington Square Memorial Flagstaff
In Honor / Of / All Those From / This District / Who Gave Their / Lives In The / World War / Presented By The / Washington Square / […]
The Marquis de Lafayette in Union 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 […]
Father Duffy in Times Square
“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 […]
It’s About Time, Part II
“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 […]
New Yorkers Laboring
“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 […]
Union Square’s Independence Flagstaff
“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 […]
George Washington as Roman Emperor
“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 […]
