Father Duffy, Bronze military chaplain statue in Times Square, Manhattan, US.
Father Duffy is a bronze figure of a chaplain in military uniform by Charles Keck, dedicated in 1937 and set on a stone base at Duffy Square in northern Times Square, Manhattan. Behind the standing figure rises a tall Celtic cross, and the monument can be walked around on all sides.
The statue was unveiled in 1937 to honor Father Duffy, who had served as chaplain with the 69th Infantry Regiment during World War I. It was designed by sculptor Charles Keck in a style typical of American military memorials from that period.
Father Duffy, a chaplain of the 69th Infantry Regiment, is honored here in a square named for him, and the monument has long served as a gathering point for New York's Irish-American community. The sculptor, Charles Keck, received a Grand Lodge Medal for Distinguished Achievement from the Masonic order for this work.
The statue stands at the corner of Broadway and Seventh Avenue in the northern part of Times Square, which makes it easy to reach on foot. Since it sits in an open pedestrian area, you can walk around it freely and view it from any angle at any time of day.
The small plaza where the statue stands is officially named Duffy Square, though most people passing through do not know it by that name. The same plaza is home to a well-known Broadway ticket booth, making this one of the rare spots where a military memorial and a theatre hub share the same ground.
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