Admiral George Dewey - NYC, NY - Maritime Monuments and Memorials on Waymarking.com

The Battery Park website (visit link) informs us:

"Admiral George Dewey Memorial

Sculptor: Daniel Chester French (replica medallions based on French's originals)
Description: Plaque with two relief medallions on plinth
Materials: Bronze, Barre granite (Presbry-Leland Company)
Dimensions: Plaque H: 3'9" W: 2'8" D: 1"; Plinth H: 4' W: 3'4" D: 2'8"
Cast: 1973
Dedicated: May 3, 1973
Foundry: U.S. Bronze Sign Company, NY
Donor: Eighteen civic, veterans', and historical associations, under auspices of American Battle Monuments Commission
Inscription: Obverse of medal at top of plaque:
THE GIFT / OF THE / PEOPLE OF THE / UNITED STATES / TO THE OFFICERS / AND MEN OF THE / ASIATIC SQUADRON / UNDER THE COMMAND / OF COMMODORE GEORGE DEWEY / --- / D.C. FRENCH 1898 /

Reverse of medal at top of plaque:
IN MEMORY OF THE VICTORY OF MANILA BAY / MAY 1 1898 / U.S.S. OLYMPIA /

Main text on plaque:
THIS MONUMENT ERECTED ON / ADMIRAL GEORGE DEWEY / PROMENADE / TO COMMEMORATE THE / 75TH ANNIVERSARY OF / THE BATTLE OF MANILA BAY / MAY 1, 1898 / UNITED SPANISH WAR VETERANS / NAVAL ACADEMY ASSOCIATION OF NEW YORK / SONS OF THE REVOLUTION IN THE STATE OF NEW YORK / SONS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION, NEW YORK CHAPTER / NAVAL ORDER OF THE UNITED STATES / NAVY LEAGUE OF THE UNITED STATES - NEW YORK COUNCIL / NEW YORK STATE SOCIETY OF THE CINCINNATI / UNITED STATES NAVAL INSTITUTE / THE MILITARY CHAPLAINS ASSOCIATION OF THE / UNITED STATES OF AMERICA / RESERVE OFFICERS ASSOCIATION OF THE UNITED STATES / NAVAL RESERVE ASSOCIATION / ROBERT L. HAGUE POST, AMERICAN LEGION / CATHOLIC WAR VETERANS, DEPARTMENT OF NEW YORK / THE SEAMEN'S BANK FOR SAVINGS / PHILIPPINE AMERICAN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE / NEW YORK CITY NATIONAL SHRINES ASSOCIATES / NAVAL HISTORICAL FOUNDATION / BATTERY CASTLE CLINTON MONUMENT ASSOCIATES / SPONSORS / MAY 1, 1973 /"

Relevent website: [Web Link] List if there are any visiting hours: 24/7 Entrance fees (if any): free Date dedicated: 05/01/1973 Sponsor(s): UNITED SPANISH WAR VETERANS / NAVAL ACADEMY ASSOCIATION OF NEW YORK, et alia Parking coordinates: Not Listed

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