 Located at the intersection of Oliver Street, East Broadway, the Bowery, and Park Row, Kimlau Square stands at the center of Chatham Square. In 1961, a local law named this island within Chatham Square in recognition of the contributions of Lt. Kimlau and the Lt. B.R. Kimlau Chinese Memorial Post 1291, founded by Chinese-American World War II veterans in 1945. A statue of Lin Ze Xu, a 19th-Century Ching Dynasty drug-czar who ignited the Opium War is also on Kimlau Square. 

Second Lieutenant Benjamin Ralph Kimlau (1918-1944) was a Chinese-American bomber pilot who died serving his country in World War II.&amp;nbsp;Born in Concord, Massachusetts, Kimlau moved to New York City with his parents when he was fourteen.&amp;nbsp;After graduating from Dewitt Clinton High School in 1937, Kimlau first traveled to China, where he witnessed firsthand Japanese military aggression.&amp;nbsp;The next year, he returned to the United States and entered the Pennsylvania Military College (now the United States Army War College).&amp;nbsp;Kimlau graduated with honors, earning a commission as a second lieutenant in the United States Army Field Artillery.&amp;nbsp;  

&amp;nbsp;[2 American Legion Medallions]  

Intersection of Oliver Street, East Broadway, the Bowery, and Park Row