Queens Obelisks

"Touring the New York City Obelisks"

Flushing Park Memorial

Flushing Greens, Northern Boulevard between Union & Linden Streets
Subway: 7 to Main St-Flushing

Dedicated in 1865, this Civil War Memorial honors the Flushing soldiers who gave their lives for the preservation of the Union. This white obelisk stands at 40 feet in the middle of Northern Boulevard.

Flushing Memorial Obelisk, Flushing

Calvary Cemetery

4902 Laurel Hill Blvd. Flushing
Subway: 7 to 33rd St. Walk down 33rd, left on Hunter's Point, right on Greenpoint Ave., cross Long Island Expressway and enter on Greenpoint Ave.
Hours: 8 a.m. to 4:15 p.m.

Calvary Cemetery in Queens is a Roman Catholic Cemetery with great views of the city skyline. There are a great number of obelisks, and many are combined with Christian motifs such as crosses and angels.

Draddy Obelisk

This obelisk was commissioned by the City of New York to honor the Union soldiers who lost their lives in the Civil War. It was constructed in 1866 and designed by gravestone maker John Draddy. The Draddy monument was Calvary's first Civil War memorial and 21 Roman Catholic Civil War soldiers are interred at the site. There are four life-size bronze statues of soldiers at the obelisk's base, and instead of an obelisk's pyramid on top, an angelic woman with a cross looks down.

Draddy Obelisk, Calvary Cemetery

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