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List of New York City parks relating to the Vietnam War facts for kids

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Vietnam Veterans Plaza during the Transit Veterans Association's 2014 annual Memorial Day ceremony

Within the city-operated parks system of New York City, there are many parks that are either named after individuals who participated in the Vietnam War or contain monuments relating to the war.

Manhattan

Bronx

  • Carlos J. Lozada Playground

Queens

  • Strack Pond
  • Elmhurst Park has the Queens Vietnam Veterans Memorial
  • Private William Gray Park
  • Walter J. Wetzel Triangle
  • Strippoli Square
  • Nine Heroes Plaza
  • Ten Heroes Plaza
  • Frank J. McManus Memorial
  • L/CPL Thomas P. Noonan Jr. Playground

Brooklyn

  • Barone Triangle
  • Colonel Donald Cook Square
  • Hickman Playground
  • John Allen Payne Park
  • Pfc Norton Playground
  • Russell Pedersen Playground
  • Father Kehoe Square has a memorial for this war.
  • John Paul Jones Park has a memorial for this war.

Staten Island

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