Cadman Plaza Brooklyn War Memorial

05/21/2014

Myself on the right, and Jack Vanasco on the left. Jack is a World War 2 Army veteran who has been spear heading the drive by veterans to get the Memorial building back open. Jack grew up with over 20 of the men that are listen on the wall as Killed in Action.

05/21/2014

http://www.brooklyneagle.com/articles/army-soldiers-rededicate-brooklyns-shuttered-decaying-wwii-memorial

By Raanan Geberer Brooklyn Daily Eagle Soldiers from the U.S. Army’s 10th Mountain Division officially rededicated the shuttered and deteriorating Brooklyn War Memorial yesterday. City officials gave little hope that the inside of the long structure in Cadman Plaza Park — which contains the names o…

05/21/2014

http://www.brownstoner.com/blog/2011/09/building-of-the-day-war-memorial-cadman-plaza/

A look at the Brooklyn War Memorial, in Cadman Plaza, Brooklyn.

05/21/2014

http://www.brooklynpaper.com/stories/33/47/dtg_bb_vetmemorial_2010_11_19_bk.html

On Veterans Day, no less!

05/21/2014

http://nypost.com/2012/11/11/public-cant-visit-brooklyn-war-memorial-on-veterans-day/

( )It’s another Veterans Day, and patriotic Brooklynites still can’t visit their borough’s own war memorial. Veterans and park advocates are fighting to open the Brooklyn War Memorial, a shamefully...

05/21/2014

Cadman Plaza Brooklyn War Memorial is a park in downtown Brooklyn. There is a large wall and building which were dedicated and officially opened in 1951. The building has the names of the 11,000 service members from Brooklyn who were Killed In Action during World War 2. It also has a large auditorium and exhibits on all American wars going back to the Revolution. This building has shamefully been allowed to deteriorate and is now used as a storage for the NYC Department of Parks. The purpose of our page is the get the city to fix up the memorial and open it to the public.