| Title: | In memory of heroic dead |
| Description: | Soldiers, commanded by officer at left, firing into the air; reviewing stand in left background; color guard and marching band partly visible behind infantrymen in foreground; high-rise apartment building on Eastern Parkway in right background. Caption on verso: "In Memory of Heroic Dead: Squad of riflemen, pausing before reviewing stand on Eastern Parkway during Memorial Day parade, fires salute to those who gave their lives for their country on battlefields." |
| Date: | 1951 |
| 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, 1951; Brooklyn Eagle stamp. Retouched; grease pencil cropping marks. |
| Collection: | Holidays [4]
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| Subject: |
Memorial Day [5] Parades [6] Soldiers [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 0445 |