| Title: | Echoes of the battlefield |
| Description: | Seven soldiers firing off salute before dignitaries in reviewing stand and assembled crowd at Grand Army Plaza; high-rise apartment building in left background. Caption on verso: "Echoes of the Battlefield: Rifle honors for the American dead who fell in combat were fired before reviewing stand by a squad from the 13th Infantry, State Guard. Salvo marked closing of Brooklyn's biggest Memorial Day observance." |
| Date: | 1946 |
| Location: | Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.) [2] Grand Army Plaza (New York, N.Y.) [3] |
| More Details: |
Title from caption on verso. On verso: date stamped: May 31, 1946; "Eagle Staff photo." Retouched; grease pencil cropping marks. |
| Collection: | Holidays [4]
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| Subject: |
Memorial Day [5] Soldiers [6] Parades [7] Military ceremonies, honors, and salutes [8] Shooting, Military [9] |
| Institution: | Brooklyn Public Library, Brooklyn Collection. |
| Medium: |
Gelatin silver prints. Photographic prints. |
| Rights: | Copyright restrictions apply to the use of this image. For more information or to obtain a photographic reproduction of this image, contact the Brooklyn Collection at Brooklyn Public Library |
| ID: | HOLI 0444 |