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the commission recommended "that the seykrai. 

 tracts of land embraced under the following titles be 

 appropriated for the recreation and enjoyment of the 

 inhabitants of new york." 



Van Cortlandt Park 



Pei.iiam Bay Park 



Bronx Park 



Crotona Park 



Claremont Park 



St. Mary's Park 



Mosholu Parkway 



Bronx & Pelham Parkway 



Crotona Parkway 



Erected by 



The Bronx Society of Arts & Sciences 



MCMXIII 



This ended the first ceremony at eight minutes after two 

 o'clock. A dozen automobiles conveyed speakers and guests 

 up through a It. Hope to 175th Street, to the Concourse, to 

 149th street, to St. Mary's Park. Each auto was decorated 

 with the National colors and some carried a pretty blue and 

 buff pennant, inscribed "Bronx Parks, 4— 19-13," the gift of 

 Edwin Forrest Branning, who also tendered his automobile 

 for conveyance of guests. 



At 2.31 P. M.. the Chancellor opened the ceremonies at St. 

 Mary's Park, to the south of the band stand, saying: 



" This park of Saint Mary's is unique in that it is the 

 only park within the one hundred miles of the circumference 

 of our great city that is named after a woman. May not this 

 be a little of the inherited masculine grudge which Adam felt 

 against Eve for having him turned out of the park of Eden? 



" This park is not only named after a woman, but a sainted 

 woman. One other park in the Bronx has its name for a 

 saint, namely, Saint James. Also, two parks in Manhattan 

 are in honor of saints, Saint Nicholas and Saint Gabriel. 



