Armed Forces Tablet
| Dedicated: | October 25, 1953 |
| Location: | 121st Street and Riverside Drive; in grassy triangle south of Grant’s Tomb |
| Description: | Plaque on plinth |
| Materials: | Bronze, Barre granite |
| Dimensions: | 24″h x 17″w |
| Donor: | Daughters of Defenders of Republic |
| Cast: | ca. 1953 |
Inscription
THE FOUR TREES / WEST OF THE CHAPLAINS ROW / ARE PLANTED / IN SACRED MEMORY OF / MEMBERS OF ALL / OUR ARMED FORCES / OF THE UNITED STATES / WHO MADE / THE SUPREME SACRIFICE / IN THE KOREAN WAR OF 1950 / IN THE DEFENSE OF FREEDOM / PRESENTED TO / THE CITY OF NEW YORK / OCTOBER 25, 1953 / BY DAUGHTERS OF THE DEFENDERS OF THE REPUBLIC, U.S.A. / AMANDA SHAW HIRSCH / FOUNDER, PRESIDENT GENERAL /
Battle of Harlem Heights Tablet
| Dedicated: | May 16, 1961 |
| Location: | 121st Street and Riverside Drive; in grassy triangle south of Grant’s Tomb |
| Description: | Plaque on plinth |
| Materials: | Bronze, granite |
| Dimensions: | Plaque H: 1’6″ W: 2′; Plinth H: 1’7½” W: 2’1½” |
| Donor: | Daughters of the Defenders of the Republic, U.S.A. |
| Cast: | ca. 1961 |
Inscription
BATTLE OF HARLEM HEIGHTS / SEPTEMBER 16 – 1776 / IN GRATEFUL REMEMBRANCE OF / THE BRAVE SOLDIERS / OF NEW YORK, NEW JERSEY, / CONNECTICUT, MASSACHUSETTS, / RHODE ISLAND, PENNSYLVANIA,/ MARYLAND AND VIRGINIA / WHO UNDER / GENERAL GEORGE WASHINGTON / FOUGHT AND DIED ON THIS SITE / FOR LIBERTY / IN THEIR COUNTRY’S STRUGGLE / AGAINST BRITISH TYRANNY. /—/ DEDICATED BY THE / DAUGHTERS OF THE DEFENDERS OF THE REPUBLIC, U.S.A. / [emblem of D.D.R.] / AMANDA SHAW HIRSCH / FOUNDER & PRESIDENT-GENERAL / MAY 16, 1961
Chaplains Memorial Tablet
| Dedicated: | 1950 |
| Location: | 121st Street and Riverside Drive; in grassy triangle south of Grant’s Tomb |
| Description: | Tablet on plinth |
| Materials: | Bronze, granite |
| Dimensions: | H: 24″ W: 18″ |
| Donor: | Daughters of the Defenders of the Republic |
Inscription
CHAPLAINS MEMORIAL / THESE LONDON PLANE TREES / WERE PLANTED IN MEMORY OF / FOUR CHAPLAINS OF US ARMY / REV. GEORGE L. FOX, CHC. / RABBI ALEXANDER D. GOODE, CHC. / REV. CLARK V. POLING, CHC. / REV. FATHER / JOHN P. WASHINGTON, CHC. / WHO AFTER GIVING THEIR LIFE BELTS TO / THEIR FELLOW SERVICE MEN LOCKED ARMS / AND PRAYING WENT DOWN TOGETHER / WITH THE TRANSPORT DORCHESTER SUNK BY / A GERMAN SUBMARINE FEBRUARY 3, 1943 / PRESENTED TO THE CITY OF NEW YORK / BY DAUGHTERS OF THE DEFENDERS OF THE REPUBLIC USA / NOVEMBER 5, 1950.
This information can be found on the NYC Parks Department’s website.