Bayonne in Hudson County, New Jersey — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)

Monument to the Struggle Against World Terrorism

Photographed by Bill Coughlin, February 28, 2012

1. Monument to the Struggle Against World Terrorism Marker

Inscription. Gift
From the people of Russia
President Vladimir Putin

Artist
Zurab Tsereteli

Erected 2006 by The People of Russia.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Notable Events.

Location. 40° 39.823′ N, 74° 4.159′ W. Marker is in Bayonne, New Jersey, in Hudson County. It is on Port Terminal Blvd.. Marker is located at the eastern end of Port Terminal Blvd. in Bayonne’s Harbor View 9/11 Memorial Park. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Bayonne NJ 07002, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in New Jersey’s North Jersey,

in Greater Newark,

and in the New York City Metropolitan Area.

It is also in the American Northeast,

in the Mid-Atlantic,

and on the Eastern Seaboard. Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region,

North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once New Netherland

and also one of the original Thirteen Colonies.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 2 miles of this marker, measured

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as the crow flies: Tear of Grief (a few steps from this marker); Bayonne Terrorist Victims (a few steps from this marker); Port Jersey Peninsula Preserve (approx. half a mile away); The Staten Island September 11 First Responders Memorial (approx. 1.2 miles away in New York); The Staten Island September 11 Memorial (approx. 1.2 miles away in New York); Survivor Tree (approx. 1.2 miles away in New York); New Brighton World War II Memorial (approx. 1.3 miles away in New York); Herb Stein (approx. 1.3 miles away in New York). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Bayonne.

More about this marker. The monument consists of a forty-foot stainless steel tear drop suspended within a 100-foot-tall, 175-ton, bronze-clad tower.

Also see . . . The Teardrop Memorial from Russia. (Submitted on February 28, 2012, by Bill Coughlin of Woodland Park, New Jersey.)

Photographed by Bill Coughlin, February 28, 2012

2. Monument to the Struggle Against World Terrorism Marker

Marker on the Monument to the Struggle Against World Terrorism image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Bill Coughlin, February 28, 2012

3. Marker on the Monument to the Struggle Against World Terrorism

The marker can be seen on the west side of the monument

Marker in Harbor View 9/11 Memorial Park image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Bill Coughlin, February 28, 2012

4. Marker in Harbor View 9/11 Memorial Park

Tear of Grief Memorial image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Bill Coughlin, February 28, 2012

5. Tear of Grief Memorial

9/11 Victims Panels image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Bill Coughlin, February 28, 2012

6. 9/11 Victims Panels

The monument is surrounded by 11 granite panels containing the names 3,024 people killed on September 11th in New York, Arlington, Va. and Shanksville, Pennsylvania along with six others who died in the World Trade Center bombing in 1993.

Photographed by Bill Coughlin, February 28, 2012

7. Tear Drop

The Monument to the Struggle Against World Terrorism was originally called the "Tear of Grief". This stainless steel tear drop is forty feet long.

Credits. This page was last revised on June 16, 2016. It was originally submitted on February 28, 2012, by Bill Coughlin of Woodland Park, New Jersey. This page has been viewed 1,124 times since then and 33 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7. submitted on February 28, 2012, by Bill Coughlin of Woodland Park, New Jersey.