The New York Times/1918/11/11/Plan Soldiers' Monument
PLAN SOLDIERS' MONUMENT
Proposal to Erect Memorial Near the Statue of Liberty.
A suggestion for the building of a war monument in New York Bay near the Statue of Liberty to New York City soldiers who lost their lives in the war, was offered yesterday at the meeting of the Directors of the Army and Navy Service Station of the Young Men's Democratic League. It was proposed to have the military memorial face the statue, and a committee was appointed to start a movement for its erection.
Frank D. Shelley, President of the league, has applied to the War and Navy Departments for complete lists of the names of men from this city who have perished in the war. As a further honor to soldiers and sailors the league will petition to have the name of Battery Park changed to "Heroes' Park."