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01/03/2020
Tour of Madison Square Park
NYC
Eternal Light
At some point in the not-so-distant past, the idea came to make monuments mechanical. One problem: The disaster/momentous event/defining moment/tragedy of this generation is the forgotten story of the next. Further, today’s technology is tomorrow’s obsolescent curiosity. This monument was erected in 1918 and was lit for the first time on Nov. 11, 1923, Armistice Day. No one is exactly sure when the light went out — sometime in the 1950s. It was turned on again in 2002 because of the efforts of the Sentry lighting and Con Edison. Monuments aren’t always so lucky.
The Eternal Light Memorial Flagpole was designed by architect Thomas Hastings.