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Title	View from Soldiers' Monument, West Point, N. Y.
Creator	unknown
Date.Original	unknown
Description	A woman standing at the monument and looking out over the Hudson River. This is the Battle Monument. Perhaps the most prominent and majestic monument at the Academy is the Battle Monument. It was dedicated in 1897 "in memory of the officers and men of the American Army who fell in battle" specifically the Regular Army casualties of the North during the Civil War. Battle Monument was designed by an architecture engineering firm that included Stanford White, one of the nation's foremost architectural designers of the late 19th century. The shaft is reportedly the largest polished granite shaft in the Western Hemisphere. Some 2,230 names are inscribed on it. The figure at the top, "Lady Fame" or "Victory" was sculpted by Frederick MacMonnies, who also did the Nathan Hale statue in City Hall Park in New York City.
Subject.TGM	Postcards Military academies Military facilities Monuments Monuments & memorials
Subject.LCSH	United States Military Academy United States. Army. Dept. of West Point
Subject.Local	Soldiers' Monument Battle Monument
HRVH Topic	Military Daily Life
Location	West Point - Orange County - New York
Format.Original	postcard; col.; 3 x 5 in. (7.7 x 12.7 cm.)
Resource Identifier	nc_westpoint_032
Publisher.Original	Valentine & Sons' Publishing Co., Ltd., New York
Type	Still Image
Publisher.Digital	Library Association of Rockland County
Date.Digital	2005-09-16
Format.Digital	image/jpeg
Holding Institution	New City Library
Contact Information	220 N. Main St. New City, N.Y. 10956 (845)634-4997 http://www.newcitylibrary.org
Rights	Prior written permission is required for any use of the images in this collection from the Holding Institution.

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