World War I Memorials, Part Five
“Men and Women of Brooklyn Who Died In the World War MCMXIV – MCMXVIII They gave their lives for liberty And universal peace Honor, Duty, Country” —Inscriptions above the benches […]
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World War I Memorials, Part Four
“My wish has been to send light into the darkness of men’s hearts, and to be the servant of a noble purpose . . . art is not a vague […]
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 […]
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 […]
World War I Memorials, Part Three
“Erected by the People of Washington Heights and Inwood in Commemoration of the Men who gave Their Lives in the World War” —Inscription on the Washington Heights and Inwood World […]
World War I Memorials, Part Two
“It is a fearful thing to lead this great peaceful people into war, into the most terrible and disastrous of all wars, civilization itself seeming to be in the balance.” […]
Doughboys in Bronze
“The lamps are going out all over Europe, we shall not see them lit again in our life-time.” — Edward Grey, 1st Viscount Grey of Fallodon (1862–1933, British Foreign Secretary) […]
World War I Memorials, Part One
“One day the Great European War will come out of some damned foolish thing in the Balkans.” ―Prince Otto von Bismarck (1815–1898, German Chancellor 1871–1898). Bismarck made this prediction in […]
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