Grand Street Boys War Tablet

Artist: Unknown

Status: In Situ

Title: Grand Street Boys War Tablet (tablet)

Dates: 1954. Dedicated November 11, 1954.

Medium: Bronze and granite

Dimensions: H. 15 in. x 17 in.

Inscription: A TRIBUTE TO THOSE / WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES / THAT WE MAY LIVE / IN FREEDOM / GRAND STREET BOYS POST NO. 1025 / AMERICAN LEGION/ NOVEMBER 11, 1954 /

Plaque on fence:

WAR MEMORIAL COMMITTEE/ ELMER A. ROGERS, CHAIRMAN/ STANLEY BOGART — DAVID KLEIN / ELMER HIRSCHHORN — BENJAMIN F. MORROW / CHARLES ISRAEL — HERMAN RUTHAZER / ISIDOR JABLONS — LOUIS TOUSCHER / SAMUEL MOSES /

Description: Bronze tablet with text on granite plinth

Owner: New York City Department of Parks & Recreation

Located Sherman Square, Broadway at 70th Street, New York, New York

Remarks: Donated by the Grand Street Boys American Legion Post No. 1025 and dedicated on Veteran’s Day in 1954, this commemorative plaque honored war veterans. The Grand Street Boys was originally established as a club in 1921, composed of immigrant, mostly Jewish members, from the Grand Street neighborhood on the Lower East Side of New York. Dedicated to civic and patriotic work, the group opened its first clubhouse in 1926 in the former MacDougal Club, located at 106-108 West 55th Street.