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Opps and to pic a nic of my own it is the British MEMORIAL Garden, at least that is what was the "working title" of the Garden and is still called by locals but then that changed and later it was renamed. However, what the "working title" is what stuck for many of the locals as well as on many internet sites.

Originally the Garden was dedicated to only the British victims of 9/11. But Canada and other commonwealth countries protested and wanted to be included so it was renamed in a rededication ceremony a couple of years later. And it was to also the unity between GB and USA.

Queen Elizabeth II September 11th Garden
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Inscribed with names of Counties of England

The Queen Elizabeth II September 11th Garden is located in Hanover Square in downtown Manhattan. It commemorates the 67 British victims of the September 11, 2001 attack on the World Trade Center. It was officially opened by Queen Elizabeth II on July 6, 2010.[1]

Originally planned as The British Memorial Garden, it was officially named The British Garden at Hanover Square by Prince Harry of Wales on May 29, 2009.[2] On May 2, 2012, it was renamed as 'Queen Elizabeth II September 11th Garden' at a rededication ceremony led by the Dean of Westminster Abbey. This was to include victims of other Commonwealth countries who died in the September 11, 2001 attacks.[3] [4]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queen_Elizabeth_II_September_11th_Garden

History of British Memorial Garden at Hanover Square, NY (New York)- 9/11 Living Memorial

Purpose: . . .

Reason site was selected: After September 11th, Hellman visited sites all over New York City in search of an appropriate location for a garden. Although Battery Park was suggested, Hellman felt that this area was already quite full of memorials to various events and groups. She discovered Hanover Square in Wall Street and found the space to be enclosed and appropriate, only later learning of the rich British and American Heritage that this site held. It was named Hanover Square during British colonial times, as inspired by London's Hanover Square. It became a residential, publishing, and retail center of Manhattan in the 18th century.

http://voicesofseptember11.org/dev/memorials.php?mem_id=4

Images for british memorial garden nyc

http://tinyurl.com/nnvbyjc

What I found interesting is that the East River has never flooded past the point of where the Garden is located. Swifty did some research and in all the years of record-keeping it never gets beyond there. Even in the horrible hurricane Sandy, the river reached up to the edge of the garden and didn't go beyond that point. All the land in front of it is fill. Swifty's building is on the first solid ground there is and ground that has been there reaching back in time. Very interesting looking at maps that are hundreds and hundreds of years old. Reminds me of learning that the Back Bay of Boston was built on fill.