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Sign: New York - A memorial to Benito Juárez


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1066 6th Ave, New York, NY 10018, USA
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BENITO JUAREZ
1806-1972
PRESIDENT OF MEXICO (1858-1872)
BORN IN GUELATAO, OAXACA, OF HUMBLE ORIGINS. JUAREZ ESTABLISHED THE FOUNDATION FOR THE MEXICAN REPUBLIC.
IN 1867, HE DEFEATED THE FRENCH INVASION, THUS PRESERVING THE INDEPENDENCE OF MEXICO.
GIFT FROM THE PEOPLE AND THE GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF OAXACA, MEXICO TO THE CITY OF NEW YORK.
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The statue was photographed that day by the same photographer Click for a larger image

The sculpture commemorates Benito Pablo Juárez García one of the Fathers of the Victory over French Forces. He then served as President of Mexico.

The sculpture was made by Moises Cabrera Orozco, and was placed in Bryant Park in 2004

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