Pedaled my bike from the upper west side thru Harlem to the #uppermanhattan campus of City College–w/handsomely landscaped grounds and well architected buildings–where I happened on Remembrance Rock, a beautifully written and too-little known NYC historical marker, a tribute commemorating America's war dead. The text: To this Remembrance Rock has been brought precious earth from the battliefields of gettysburg, san juan hill, argonne forest, normandy beach and korea to memorialize the gallant boys of alma mater who died in our wars. here also has been placed soil from city hall, the old 23rd street building and the crowded tenements of our city to symbolize the gratitude of all those students who here received a free college education. may remembrance rock ever serve as a place for alumni of the city college to come to pause and remember. 1959 presented by the alumni association of the city college and the class of 1958.

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