#duffy square

Servicemen getting their shoes shined in Duffy Square, June 1943.

Thousands of New Yorkers assembled in Times Square on May 2, 1937 for the unveiling of a statue of the late Father Francis P. Duffy, wartime chaplain of the old 69th Infantry.

Sailors and women at the Father Duffy statue at Duffy Square, 1942. It looks like the woman in the black coat is taking a picture of the other four.

Mayor Vincent R. Impellitteri, left, and Charles F. Heeran, commander of the Father Duffy Post, Catholic War Veterans, place a wreath at base of the statue of Father Francis P. Duffy on May 25, 1952. A bugler plays taps during the rain-swept tribute to the famed chaplain of the “Fighting 69th," Infantry Regiment, who was also a priest and military chaplain in the Times Square area.

Duffy Square, 1948.