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Tree Dedication for Medal of Honor Recipients

Cypress Hills National Cemetery

 
 
Tree Dedication for Medal of Honor Recipients Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Don Morfe, November 25, 2011
1. Tree Dedication for Medal of Honor Recipients Marker
Inscription. This tree dedicated by the Veterans Administration in 1976 to America’s Medal of Honor Recipients who helped make this Bicentennial Observance possible “By gallantry above and beyond the call of duty”
 
Topics and series. This memorial is listed in this topic list: Military. In addition, it is included in the Medal of Honor Recipients, and the National Cemeteries series lists.
 
Location. 40° 41.262′ N, 73° 52.926′ W. Memorial is in Brooklyn, New York, in Kings County. It is in Cypress Hills. It is on Jamaica Avenue. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 625 Jamaica Ave, Brooklyn NY 11208, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in New York City. It is also in the American Northeast. Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region, the Western Hemisphere, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once one of the original Thirteen Colonies.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 2 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Dexter Park 1911 - 1955 (approx. 0.8 miles away); Fred Christ Trump (approx. one mile away); GreenThumb (approx. one mile away); Rockaway Footpath (approx. one mile away); Neir's Tavern / Union Course (approx. one mile away); a different marker also named GreenThumb (approx. one mile away); 8026 88 Avenue (approx. 1.1 miles away); 1940 Woodhaven P O (approx. 1.1 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Brooklyn.
 
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Tree Dedication for Medal of Honor Recipients Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Don Morfe, November 25, 2011
2. Tree Dedication for Medal of Honor Recipients Marker
Tree Dedication for Medal of Honor Recipients Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Don Morfe, November 25, 2011
3. Tree Dedication for Medal of Honor Recipients Marker
Daniel Daly-USMC-Double Medal of Honor Recipient, very rare.
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on January 31, 2023. It was originally submitted on December 4, 2012, by Don Morfe of Baltimore, Maryland. This page has been viewed 587 times since then and 10 times this year. Photos:   1, 2, 3. submitted on December 4, 2012, by Don Morfe of Baltimore, Maryland. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.
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