Sacrifice
By: NYCWD
tags: Firefighter, Firemen, Firemen's Memorial, Manhattan, Riverside Drive, Stone Guardians, Union Square
Category: Manhattan, Stone Guardians, The City
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This is one of the sentry statues at the Firemen’s Memorial located at W. 100 Street and Riverside Drive. The sentry is known as Sacrifice and is on the north end of the Memorial. It is a depiction of a partially draped woman supporting the limp body of her husband, a firefighter who has fallen. It’s sister sentry is known as Duty and is located on the south end of the Memorial.
It was the funeral of Deputy Fire Chief Charles W. Kruger in 1908 that caused Bishop Henry Cadman Potter to suggest that a monument be created in honor of the many firemen who lost their lives in the line of duty.
The memorial itself is a 19 foot long by 8 foot wide sarcophagus erected on a granite plaza, with a fountain and a bronze bas-relief tablet portraying three galloping horses pulling a fire engine on the side facing the park. The Firemen’s Memorial was originally intended for the north end of Union Square.
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| camera | KODAK Z612 ZOOM DIGITAL CAMERA |
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| iso | 64 |
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I’m really sorry for always commenting on these but they really do move me and I really do love them. These are GREAT shots! Keep it up.
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i’m so glad you send out twitter notifications about photos you post. love this one. also? i especially appreciate the narrative.
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I didn’t know you had a photoblog. Now I have another blog to read.
And also you take pretty amazing photos.
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I love the capture of the crack running down the crumpled body. And the sepia of the blocks at the top of the statue. Beautiful.
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