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General William Worth Monument
General William Worth Monument
General William Worth Monument

Madison Square, Worth Monument. [Mayor's Committee to Welcome British & French War Commissions.]

IMAGE DATE1917
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The 51-foot monument to General William Jenkins Worth near Madison Square Park is the second oldest monument in NYC. (The oldest is the statue of Washington in Union Square.) It is also one of only two New York monuments that serve as a mausoleum. (The other is Grant’s Tomb.)

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