Monday Monuments and Memorials – Clinton War Memorial, DeWitt Clinton Park, New York

Clinton Doughboy stands at 11th Ave and 52nd St, NYC

Clinton Doughboy in NYC remembers In Flanders Fields

At the southeast corner of De Witt Clinton Park, at 11^th Ave and 52^nd St in New York City, stands a bronze doughboy holding poppies in his right hand and a rifle slung over his shoulder. The front of the granite pedestal is inscribed with the closing verse from John McCrae’s poem, In Flanders Field.

The statue is dedicated “by comrades and friends under the auspices of Clinton District Monument Association as a memorial to the young folk of this neighborhood who gave their all in the world war.” According to the NYC Department of Parks and Recreation, this is one of nine doughboy statues erected in NYC city parks.