America's Response Monument
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America's Response Monument is a historic site in New York, at a modelled elevation of 2 m. High Mountain stands 268 m to the north-northwest, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is The Sphere, a historic site less than a tenth of a mile away. Palisades Scenic Byway passes 10 miles off.
The story
America's Response Monument, subtitled De Oppresso Liber, is a life-and-a-half scale bronze statue in Liberty Park overlooking the National September 11 Memorial & Museum in New York City. Unofficially known as the Horse Soldier Statue, it is the first publicly accessible monument dedicated to the United States Army Special Forces. It was also the first monument near Ground Zero to recognize heroes of the September 11 terrorist attacks. The statue was conceived by sculptor Douwe Blumberg and first sold in 2003 as a small-scale, 18 inches (460 mm) version. In April 2011, an anonymous group of Wall Street bankers who lost friends in the 9/11 attacks commissioned a large, 16-foot (4.9 m) tall version. It was dedicated on Veterans Day, November 11, 2011, in a ceremony led by Vice President Joe Biden and Lt. Gen. John Mulholland, commander of Task Force Dagger and U.S. Army Special Operations Command during Operation Enduring Freedom. The statue commemorates the service members of America's Special Operations forces and their response to 9/11, including those who fought during the first stages of the Afghanistan war. This operation led to the initial defeat of the Taliban in Afghanistan, although the Taliban would ultimately regain power following their 20-year-long war with the United States.
From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Dates from 2011.
Wikidata Q4742583, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Built
- 2011
How to reach it
- 10.2 mi off the Palisades Scenic Byway, National
- 10.8 mi off the Bronx River Parkway
- 28.6 mi off the Merritt Parkway, National
Named places within 25 miles
- The Sphere: 0.0 mi
- South Bronze Names Parapets: 0.1 mi
- National September 11 Memorial & Museum: 0.1 mi
- Memory of Robert C. Bedding and Joseph P. Graffagnino: 0.1 mi
- North Bronze Names Parapets: 0.1 mi
- Liberty Park: 0.0 mi
- West Thames Park: 0.1 mi
- Pumphouse Park: 0.2 mi
- Zuccotti Park: 0.2 mi
- Kowsky Plaza: 0.2 mi
- Liberty Community Garden: 0.1 mi
- Millenium Park: 0.3 mi
- Robert Wagner Greenstreet: 0.7 mi
- Wedding Garden: 0.7 mi
- Yoya's Park: 0.9 mi
- 9/11 Memorial & Museum: 0.1 mi
- MĒRCER LABS: 0.2 mi
- Skyscraper Museum: 0.4 mi
- Museum of American Finance: 0.4 mi
- National Museum of the American Indian: 0.4 mi
- Rose III: 0.1 mi
- Joie de Vivre: 0.2 mi
- Double Check: 0.2 mi
- The Upper Room: 0.2 mi
- Rector Gate: 0.2 mi
- One World Trade Center: 0.2 mi
- Barthman's Sidewalk Clock: 0.2 mi
- Saint Paul's Chapel: 0.3 mi
- New York Stock Exchange: 0.3 mi
- Woolworth Building: 0.3 mi
- Bird Island: 1.2 mi
- WNYC Transmitter Park: 3.1 mi
- Audubon Park: 3.8 mi
- Hallett Nature Sanctuary: 4.4 mi
- Riverbend Wetlands Preserve: 4.9 mi
- Pier 4 Beach: 1.2 mi
- Pebble Beach: 1.3 mi
- Newport Sand Beach: 1.7 mi
- Gansevoort Peninsula Sand Bluff: 2.0 mi
- Beach/Kayak launch ramp: 2.2 mi
- Grassy Hill: 1.7 mi
- Outlook Hill: 1.7 mi
- Slide Hill: 1.7 mi
- Discovery Hill: 1.8 mi
- Kings Bluff: 3.8 mi
- Pier 3 Greenway Terrace: 1.2 mi
- Picnic Peninsula: 1.3 mi
- Pier 5 Uplands Seating Area: 1.3 mi
- Freedom Field: 2.5 mi
- Street Seats: 4.4 mi
- Palisades: 2.7 mi
- Palisades: 4.1 mi
- Palisades: 6.9 mi
- Coogan's Bluff: 9.3 mi
- Palisades: 13.1 mi
- Ambergill Falls: 4.0 mi
- Fallkill Falls: 4.0 mi
- Binnen Falls: 4.2 mi
- The Loch: 6.5 mi
- Hemlock Falls: 14.6 mi
- LeFrak Point Lighthouse: 1.4 mi
- Sandy Hook Lighthouse: 17.2 mi
- Lighthouse Keeper's Quarters: 17.2 mi
- Sands Point Lighthouse: 18.4 mi
- Execution Rocks Light: 18.5 mi
- Vince Lombardi Service Area: 7.9 mi
- Larry Doby Service Area: 12.4 mi
- Thomas Edison Service Area: 16.8 mi
- Grover Cleveland Service Area: 16.8 mi
- Barber: 17.8 mi
- Feltville Historic District: 19.6 mi
- Tulip Springs: 14.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 24.2 miles of America's Response Monument. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| High Mountain | NNW 332° | 268 m | 20.4 mi |
| Waughaw Mountain | NW 313° | 263 m | 24.2 mi |
| Beech Mountain | NNW 330° | 260 m | 21.4 mi |
| Mount Cecchino | NNW 331° | 230 m | 20.1 mi |
| Mount Nebo | N 11° | 208 m | 23.8 mi |
| Poacher Peak | NNW 329° | 185 m | 21.7 mi |
| Moon Hill | NNW 329° | 180 m | 21.4 mi |
| Stony Hill | WNW 300° | 179 m | 13.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:00 | 18:32 | 19:08 |
| June solstice | 05:26 | 19:50 | 20:31 |
| September equinox | 06:44 | 18:19 | 18:55 |
| December solstice | 07:17 | 15:49 | 16:32 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 34 | 36 | 43 | 54 | 63 | 72 | 78 | 76 | 69 | 58 | 48 | 39 |
| Precip in | 3.6 | 3.2 | 4.3 | 4.1 | 4.0 | 4.5 | 4.6 | 4.6 | 4.3 | 4.4 | 3.6 | 4.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — NY City Cntrl Park, 5 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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- Manhattan/Financial District · 0 mi
- Downstate New York · 1 mi
- Manhattan/Chinatown · 1 mi
- Manhattan/Lower East Side · 1 mi
- Manhattan/SoHo · 1 mi
- Manhattan/TriBeCa · 1 mi
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