page_title: Haym Salomon
section_title: Commemoration
hierarchical_section_title: Haym Salomon / Legacy / Commemoration
caption_attribution_description: English: Haym Salomon Square, across from the Kew Gardens Hills branch of Queens Library at Main Street / Vleigh Place and 72nd Road in Kew Gardens Hills, Queens.
context_page_description: Haym Salomon was a businessman and political financial broker who immigrated to New York City from Poland during the period of the American Revolution. He helped convert the French loans into ready cash by selling bills of exchange for Robert Morris, the Superintendent of Finance. In this way he aided the Continental Army and was possibly, along with Morris, the prime financier of the American side during the American Revolutionary War against Great Britain.
context_section_description: There is a legend that during the design process of the Great Seal, Washington asked what compensation Salomon wanted in return for his financial contributions to the American Revolutionary War. He replied that "he wanted nothing for himself but that he wanted something for his people". While there is no evidence, there is a theory that the 13 stars representing the colonies on the seal were arranged in the shape of the Star of David in commemoration of Solomon's contributions.  This appears to have little basis in fact, however, although it is oft-repeated.
  In 1893, a bill was presented before the 52nd United States Congress ordering a gold medal be struck in recognition of Salomon's contributions to the United States.
  In 1939, Warner Brothers released Sons of Liberty, a short film starring Claude Rains as Salomon.
  In 1941, the writer Howard Fast wrote a book Haym Salomon, Son of Liberty. That same year, the Heald Square Monument, a sculpture designed by Lorado Taft was erected at Wacker Drive and Wabash Avenue in downtown Chicago.  Taft began the work but died in 1936.  It was completed by his associate, Leonard Crunelle.  The monument depicts George Washington flanked by Salomon and Robert Morris and grasping hands with both men.
  In 1946, a memorial statue was erected to Salomon at Hollenbeck Park in Los Angeles. The statue was rededicated in 2008 at Pan-Pacific Park in the Fairfax District, where it can be found on the corner of Gardner and Third Street.
  In 1975, the United States Postal Service issued a commemorative stamp honoring Haym Salomon for his contributions to the cause of the American Revolution. This stamp, like others in the "Contributors to the Cause" series, was printed on the front and the back. On the glue side of the stamp, the following words were printed in pale green ink: "Financial Hero – Businessman and broker Haym Salomon was responsible for raising most of the money needed to finance the American Revolution and later to save the new nation from collapse".
  The Congressional Record of March 25, 1975 reads:
  When Morris was appointed Superintendent of Finance, he turned to Salomon for help in raising the money needed to carry on the war and later to save the emerging nation from financial collapse. Salomon advanced direct loans to the government and also gave generously of his own resources to pay the salaries of government officials and army officers. With frequent entries of "I sent for Haym Salomon", Morris' diary for the years 1781–84 records some 75 transactions between the two men.
  In 1975, the writer Shirley Milgrim wrote a book Haym Salomon, Liberty's Son, which was illustrated by Richard Fish.
  In World War II, the United States liberty ship SS Haym Salomon was named in his honor.
  The Haym Salomon Nursing Home in Brooklyn, New York is named in his honor.
  Haym Salomon Square is located Kew Gardens Hills, Queens, New York City.
  Haym Salomon Memorial Park in Frazer, Pennsylvania is a Jewish cemetery in suburban Philadelphia. It is the final resting place of musician Jim Croce.
  The Haym Salomon Center is a nonprofit organization located in Northbrook, Illinois that advocates for pro-Western, pro-democracy values.
caption: Haym Salomon Square in Kew Gardens Hills, Queens, New York City.
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