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Woodside and City Hall by Sujan Karki

 

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The statue of Woodside Doughboy is placed in Doughboy Park at 52nd Street Woodside, NY 11377. It is also known as “Lest We Forget” or the “Returning Soldier” commemorates those from the community in Queens who served in World War I. Burt W. Johnson created the sculpture and was dedicated n 1923.

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The statue of Benjamin Franklin is located at Spruce Street and Park row in City Hall, NY. Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790) was Printer Patriot, Philosopher and Statesman. Albert De Groot presented this sculpture to the Press and Printers of City of New York on January 17, 1872.

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This is the statue of Horace Greeley, the Founder of New York Tribune. This sculpture is located in City Hall Park. Greeley was an American newspaper editor and founder of Liberal American Party