World's Fair Bombing Memorial - Queens, NY
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bluesnote
N 40° 44.740 W 073° 50.770
18T E 597411 N 4511163
A plaque dedicated to two police officers who died at the 1936 worlds fair in 1940 when a bomb exploded at British Pavilion.
Waymark Code: WMYP8M
Location: New York, United States
Date Posted: 07/06/2018
Views: 6
The plaque says, "This plaque is dedicated to the memory of detectives Joseph J. Lynch and Ferdinand A. Socha, Bomb and Forgery Squad, who were killed in the line of duty while examining a time bomb taken from the British Pavilion of the World's Fair in Flushing Meadow Park at 4:45 P.M. on July 4, 1940."
Price of Admission: 0.00 (listed in local currency)
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