In a corner of Times Square in New York City, there’s a subsection known as Duffy Square.
There stands two statues, which have been there since the middle of the 20th century. One is that of Father Francis P. Duffy, a military chaplain and member of the New York Army National Guard who served in both the Spanish-American War and World War I. That statue was dedicated by Mayor Fiorella LaGuardia in May of 1937.
Then, in 1959, the statue of Duffy was joined by one of George M. Cohan, the songwriter who received a Congressional Medal of Honor from then-Preside …