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A panorama from Battery Park showing the Korea War Memorial. This striking monument has the shape of a soldier cut out of a block of granite, through which the skyline of New York appears. There are thousands of people here waiting to go on the ferries to Ellis Island and the Statue of Liberty.Korea War Memorial in Battery Park - Further Information
The Korean War Memorial in New York's Battery Park remembers the 1950-53 Korean conflict. Designed by Mac Adams, it is one of the first memorials to the Korean War erected in the United States. The monument is 15-foot-high black granite stele with the shape of a Korean War soldier cut out of the center. The figure is also known as 'The Universal Soldier'. Viewed form the south, through the figure you can see the skyline of Manhattan. From the other way, you get a view of Ellis Island and the Statue of Liberty. The design commemorates the precise moment of the cessation of hostilities between the US and Korea. Acting as a sundial, at 10am every July 22nd, the sun shines directly through the soldier's head to illuminate a commemorative plaque nearby. Around the plinth are the flags and the number of dead and wounded from the nations involved in the Korean conflict.Other notable sculptures and monuments within Batter Park include the World War II War Memorial and The Sphere and eternal flame 9/11 memorial were established in Battery Park in memory f the destruction of the World Trade Center towers.
Travel Directions and Getting There:
Subway: South Ferry (Line 1), Bowling Green (Lines 4,5), Whitehall Street - South Ferry (R, W lines)
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