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Liberty Rock

Collection: Queens Memory Collection at the Archives at Queens Library
Date: December 9 2013; 2013-12-09 Material: Digital image Dimension: 300 dpi
Creator: Cassia Campbell Identifier: aql:17647 qmp-ccp-000015 qmp-ccp-000015.tif

Description: The Liberty Rock is a monument located between Liberty Avenue and Farmers Boulevard. It is a known landmark in St. Albans. It is located at the point where St. Albans, Hollis and Jamaica meet. According to area residents Cassia Campbell and Porscha Williams, the Liberty Rock was painted red, black and green, symbolic of the Black Power and Pan-African movements, in the late 1960s. Chess players sometimes gather in the area on warm days.

Title : Liberty Rock

Collection : aql:13844

Creator : Cassia Campbell

Date : December 9 2013; 2013-12-09

Summary/Description : The Liberty Rock is a monument located between Liberty Avenue and Farmers Boulevard. It is a known landmark in St. Albans. It is located at the point where St. Albans, Hollis and Jamaica meet. According to area residents Cassia Campbell and Porscha Williams, the Liberty Rock was painted red, black and green, symbolic of the Black Power and Pan-African movements, in the late 1960s. Chess players sometimes gather in the area on warm days.

Subject : Monuments

Rights : Contact digitalarchives@queenslibrary.org for research and reproduction requests.

Coverage : Saint Albans, Queens, NY Saint Albans (New York, N.Y.) Queens (New York, N.Y.)

Type : Digital image

Format : Digital image; 300 dpi

Identifier : aql:17647 qmp-ccp-000015 qmp-ccp-000015.tif

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