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Seventh Regiment New York

 
 
Seventh Regiment New York Memorial image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Larry Gertner, March 17, 2015
1. Seventh Regiment New York Memorial
Inscription.
Seventh Regiment New York
One Hundred And Seventh United States Infantry
1917 • In Memoriam • 1918
 
Erected 1927 by 7th Regiment and 107th Infantry Memorial Committee.
 
Topics. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: Arts, Letters, MusicParks & Recreational AreasWar, World I.
 
Location. 40° 46.158′ N, 73° 58.165′ W. Memorial is in Manhattan, New York, in New York County. It is in Lenox Hill. It is at the intersection of Fifth Avenue and East 67th Street when traveling south on Fifth Avenue. Touch for map. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in New York’s Colorado River Valley, specifically in Flagstaff & High Country, on the Mogollon Rim, in the Prescott Area, in Verde Valley, in the White Mountains, in The Valley (the San Fernando Valley), in Silicon Valley, in the Coachella Valley, in the Colorado Desert, in the Gold Country, in the High Desert, in the Mojave Desert, in the San Bernardino Mountains, in the San Luis Valley, in the Berkshire Foothills, in the Connecticut River Valley, on the Connecticut
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Shoreline, on the Gold Coast, in Greater Hartford, in Greater New London, in the Knowledge Corridor, in the Litchfield Hills, in Mystic and the Eastern Shore, in the Quiet Corner, in the Thames River Valley, on Delaware’s Beaches, in Southern New Castle County, in the Everglades, on the Florida Keys, on Hilo and East Hawaii, on the Kona Coast, on North Shore Oahu, on Pearl Harbor and Historic West Oahu, in Upcountry Maui, in Lahaina and West Maui, on Windward Oahu, on the Indiana Dunes and Lake Michigan Shore, in the Calumet Region, in the Spirit Lake Nation, in the Mandan, Hidatsa, and Arikara Nation, in the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa, on the Oglala Lakota Pine Ridge Reservation, in the Rosebud Sioux Tribe, in the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe, on the Cheyenne River Reservation, in the Crow Creek Sioux Tribe, on the Coeur d'Alene Reservation, in the Lower Brule Sioux Tribe, on the Kootenai Reservation, in the Sisseton-Wahpeton Oyate, on the Wind River Indian Reservation, on the Shoshone–Paiute Duck Valley Reservation, on the Southern Ute Indian Reservation, in the Yankton Sioux Tribe, in the Navajo Nation, on the Shoshone-Bannock Fort Hall Reservation, on the Ute Mountain Ute Indian Reservation, on Nez Perce Tribal Land, in the Blackfeet Nation, in the Crow Nation, in the Flathead Nation, in the Fort Belknap Indian Reservation, on the Fort Peck Indian Reservation, in the Northern Cheyenne Nation, on the Rocky Boy’s Reservation, in the Tohono O’odham Nation, in the White Mountain Apache Nation, in the Yavapai-Apache Nation, on Mount Desert Island, in the Kennebec Valley, in the Maine Highlands, in Midcoast Maine, on Penobscot Bay, on Southern Maine Coast, in the Western Maine Lakes and Mountains Region, in Greater Portland, in Central Maryland, in Historic Boston, on Cape Ann, on the North Shore, in the South Coast, on the South Shore, on the Straits of Mackinac, on the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness, in Greater Billings, in the Lakes Region, in the Merrimack Valley, in North Jersey, in Central Jersey, on the Jersey Shore, in the Pine Barrens, in New York City, on the Cape Fear Coast, on the Crystal Coast, in Greater Charlotte, on the Outer Banks, on the Oregon Coast, in the Blackstone Valley, on Narragansett Bay, in Newport and Aquidneck Island, in Historic Charleston, on the Grand Strand, on the Sea Islands, on Waccamaw Neck, in the Ashepoo, Combahee and Edisto Basin, in the Foothills, in Congaree Country, in the Mid-Ohio Valley and in the Jackson Hole Area. It is also in the American Northeast, in the Mid-Atlantic, in the Ohio River Valley, on the Colorado Plateau, in the Black Hills, in the Chesapeake Bay Region, and on the Eastern Seaboard. Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region, North America, the Great North Woods, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once Fairfield County, Hartford County, Litchfield County, Middlesex County, New Haven County, New London County, Tolland County, Windham County, the Viceroyalty of New France, Acadia, New Netherland, and one of the original Thirteen Colonies.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Welcome to the Dene Slope (about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line); “New York of the Presidents” (about 300 feet away); The Lotos Club (about 300 feet away); Lehman Gates
Seventh Regiment New York - the sculpture group image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Larry Gertner, March 17, 2015
2. Seventh Regiment New York - the sculpture group
(about 400 feet away); Temple Emanu-el (about 500 feet away); Balto (about 500 feet away); a different marker also named Lehman Gates (about 500 feet away); Thaddeus Kosciuszko (about 600 feet away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Manhattan.
 
Regarding Seventh Regiment New York. In 1917, the regiment was redesignated the 107th Infantry with additional personnel from 1st and 12th Infantry, New York National Guard, and assigned to the 27th Division.
 
Related marker. Click here for another marker that is related to this marker. The Seventh Regiment Armory
 
Also see . . .
1. Hundred Seventh Infantry Memorial. Official NYC Parks description (Submitted on February 11, 2021, by Larry Gertner of New York, New York.) 

2. 107th Infantry Memorial. Wikipedia entry (Submitted on February 11, 2021, by Larry Gertner of New York, New York.) 

3. The 107th Infantry Memorial -- Central Park at E 65th St. "Daytonian in Manhattan" entry (Submitted on February 11, 2021, by Larry Gertner of New York, New York.) 
 
Seventh Regiment New York - the sculpture group image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Larry Gertner, March 5, 2020
3. Seventh Regiment New York - the sculpture group
The side generally unnoticed
Marching down Broadway, 1917 image. Click for full size.
New York State Division of Military and Naval Affairs via Wikipedia, 1917
4. Marching down Broadway, 1917
Troops of the 7th Regiment, New York National Guard, later the 107th Infantry Regiment, marching off to war on September 11, 1917
Seventh Regiment New York Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Dan, November 12, 2024
5. Seventh Regiment New York Marker
●Click on images for closer detail. 5th Avenue and 67th Street, Central Park
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on November 26, 2024. It was originally submitted on February 11, 2021, by Larry Gertner of New York, New York. This page has been viewed 522 times since then and 45 times this year. Photos:   1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on February 11, 2021, by Larry Gertner of New York, New York.   5. submitted on November 12, 2024, by Dan of Bronx, New York.
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