Riverside-Park

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Riverside Park stretches for many blocks along the shores of the Hudson River on the Upper West Side of Manhattan. The fruit trees blooming in the spring is a sight to behold! This is near 89th Street and Riverside Drive. The Soldiers and Sailors Monument is in the background.

Background
The Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Memorial Monument commemorates Union Army soldiers and sailors who served in the American Civil War. It is located at 89th Street and Riverside Drive in Riverside Park in the Upper West Side of New York City. It was dedicated on Memorial Day, 1902. The monument takes the form of a peripteral Corinthian temple raised on a high base ringed by twelve Corinthian columns. The pillars list the New York volunteer regiments that served during the battle as well as Union generals and the battles in which they led troops.

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