Attractions
IWalked New York City’s Battery Park – East Coast Memorial
The East Coast Memorial is a series of eight large gray granite slabs located with the 25-acre Battery Park (typically just referred to as “The Battery” by locals). It was commissioned by a relatively unknown agency in the federal government known as the American Battle Monument Commission, or ABMC.
The nineteen-foot tall slabs are situated in two rows of four and contain the names, ranks and states of 4,601 U.S. servicemen who lost their lives in the Atlantic Ocean during World War II. These memorials were dedicated in 1959 and designed by the architectural firm of Gehron & Seltzer.
Situated within the center of The East Coast Memorial is a strikingly impressive statue known as The Diving Eagle. You may read more about this sculpture here.
Website: http://www.abmc.gov/memorials/memorials/ec.php
Address: Battery Park, New York City, NY
Cost: Free.
IWalked Audio Tours To See This Site: New York City’s Lower Manhattan. (Purchase the MP3 tour here. iPhone application tour is available here. Please note, all NYC tours are now available as in-app purchases upon download of our FREE NYC Lite application, which includes a free 1.5 hour tour of a portion of the Upper West Side.)