Windsor Terrace in Brooklyn in Kings County, New York — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)
Sixty First District Memorial
They gave their lives in the cause of freedom
Anderson Charles J. Ankelmann Rudolph D. Appley Clarence W. Behrens William B. Boyle Joseph A. Bush Joseph A. Chandler William H. Coope Joseph W. Cortes Harold T. Cortes Frank E. Cunningham Ambrose Curtis James F. Deninger Jesse J. Douglas William L. Farrell Chester A. Frost James A. Jr. Gebhardt George J. Geraci Ignatz Goodwin William Graef Daniel Hart John R. Hughes John Kelly Daniel J. Kelly William V.
Kirschner Joseph Jr. Layburn Thomas A. Lyons Wilbert E. Martin James H Mecchella Michael Mosher Charles P. Newell James H. Nussbaum Nathan Pederson Peter A. Philipoteaux George Prager Samuel Rettiger George H. Rooney Harold P. Sahlquist Charles G. Scallan George W. Schneider Alfred C. Seller John A. Starrett Harry C. Waacks Herman M. Webster Willard M. Wogium George W. Young Joseph N. Zeillan Asol
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That a man lay down his life for his friends
Erected 1922.
Topics. This memorial is listed in this topic list: War, World I.
Location. 40° 39.053′ N, 73° 58.609′ W. Memorial is in Brooklyn, New York, in Kings County. It is in Windsor Terrace. It is on East 5th Street. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 88 E 5th St, Brooklyn NY 11218, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this memorial is in New York City. It is also in the American Northeast and on the Eastern Seaboard. Globally, it is in North America and the Western World. Historically, it finds itself in what was once one of the original Thirteen Colonies.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Greenwood Playground (here, next to this marker); Captain John McKenna, IV Park (about 500 feet away, measured in a direct line); Immaculate Heart of Mary Parish WWII Memorial (about 600 feet away); Colonel Donald Cook Square (approx. 0.3 miles away); Vanderbilt Street (approx. 0.3 miles away); Henry Bergh-Monument
Another marker is no longer nearby. Donald Cook Square (was approx. 0.3 miles away but has been replaced with another marker now near it).
Also see . . . NYC Parks profile for the Sixty First District Memorial.
This monument commemorates the 47 men of Draft Board District 61 who lost their lives in World War I. Dedicated on Armistice Day (now Veterans Day), November 11, 1922, the monument consists of a polished Stoney Creek granite stele bearing a classical bronze relief by Charles Keck (18751951).(Submitted on July 12, 2025, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia.)
Keck had a long and distinguished career as a sculptor. He studied with such illustrious artists as Augustus Saint-Gaudens (18481907) and Philip Martiny (18581927). Some of his other works in New York City include a commemorative tablet on the rear of the Maine Monument in Columbus Circle (1935), the Father Duffy statue (1937), the Alfred E. Smith statue (1950), and the Brooklyn War Memorial (1951). The Citizens Memorial Association of District 61, Inc. commissioned Keck, at a cost of $13,000, to create this memorial to local residents who paid the supreme sacrifice while serving in the army and navy. For the Sixty-First District Monument, Keck sculpted an allegorical figure of Liberty laying a palm of peace on an altar of offering on which the names of the dead are inscribed. The figure bears strong resemblance to Kecks work on the Maine Monument.
The monument originally stood in a garden on the grounds of nearby P.S. 130 at Ocean Parkway near Fort Hamilton Parkway. In 1936, the Parks monument repair crew cleaned the base and repatined the bronze. In 1944, due to construction that altered the grade elevations of these roadways, the monument was moved to its present location. Portions of a missing bronze wreath from the monument were replicated and reattached as part of a 1993 renovation of the playground. The monument was restored again in 1997.
Credits. This page was last revised on July 12, 2025. It was originally submitted on July 12, 2025, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia. This page has been viewed 84 times since then and 23 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on July 12, 2025, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia.
