The Doughboy Foundation’s mission is to keep the story of "the War that Changed the World" in the minds of all Americans, so that the 4.7 million who served in the U.S. Armed Forces during WWI will never again be relegated to the mists of obscurity. LEARN MORE
The Doughboy Foundation’s mission is to keep the story of "the War that Changed the World" in the minds of all Americans, so that the 4.7 million who served in the U.S. Armed Forces during WWI will never again be relegated to the mists of obscurity. LEARN MORE
The United States World War One Centennial Commission has endorsed The World War One Memorial Inventory project. This nationwide inventory seeks to identify, document, and preliminarily assesses the condition of the country's World War I memorials and monuments. The effort is intended to raise public awareness of the presence, and in many cases, sadly, the plight of these historic monuments and memorials, as a necessary first step to ensuring their conservation and preservation. Read more about the World War One Memorial Inventory project in this article by the project's founder, Mark Levitch.
Saving Hallowed Ground
The United States World War One Centennial Commission has endorsed Saving Hallowed Ground, a worldwide organization dedicated to the preservation and protection of monuments and markers, commemorating veterans and patriots where ever they may be found. Saving Hallowed Ground accomplishes this through two steps: (1) Performing conservation and preservation services to the monuments themselves; (2) Engaging school students and communities in researching and learning about the history of their monuments and about the stories behind the names inscribed on these Living History Memorials. Visit the Saving Hallowed Ground website for more information.
1. THIS TREE IS DEDICATED TO / THE MEMORY OF / CORP. JEREMIAH P. FERETTE / CO. D. 106TH INFANTRY / WHO DIED IN THE WORLD WAR/1914-1918
2. THIS TREE IS DEDICATED TO/THE MEMORY OF 1ST. SGT. LYMAN HOLDMAN/CO. H 369TH INFANTRY / WHO DIED IN THE WORLD WAR/1914-1918
3. THIS TREE IS DEDICATED TO / THE MEMORY OF / 1ST. CL. PRIV. DAVID MILLER/BAT. F. 59TH COSTART. KILLED IN / ACTION 1918 / WHO DIED IN THE WORLD WAR / 1914-1918
4. THIS TREE IS DEDICATED TO / THE MEMORY OF / CHARLES R. RICHARDSON / CO. H. 113TH INFANTRY / WHO DIED IN THE WORLD WAR/1914-1918
In memoriam to the men of College Point who made the supreme sacrifice during the World War, April 6, 1917 - November 11, 1918: Oscar Ammann --- Albert W. Frey --- August Biegler --- Christian Geidel ---August Breisacher --- Charles O. Mahler --- Benjamin Blue --- Thomas Mc Cormack --- Rudolph Brugger --- William J. Mohrmann --- William Buerger --- Louis Schmidt --- John H. Embree --- Emil Schwab --- John B. Endres --- Edward Stack --- Thomas Fagan --- Alfred Stengel
Pedestal, front: IN MEMORY / OF THE MEN / OF THE 19TH / ASSEMBLY / DISTRICT WHO / DIED IN THE / WORLD WAR / 1917-1918 /
Pedestal, proper left: [42 names, from A to K] JOHN ACKERMAN --- SALVATORE DIMICELI / VITO ACCARDI --- ISIDORE EICHEN / FRANK ABNER --- STEPHEN EPP / CHARLES ALBERT --- JAMES FALCETTA / JOHN ALLMAN --- FRANK K. FALLES / SAMUEL AMATO --- CHARLES FREY / VITO ANGILERI --- DENNIS J. FORD / HARRY ALFRED BARNETT --- FREDERICK C. GEHRSITZ / JOHN BETTS --- EDWARD R. GERRETAD / FRANK BIANCO --- EDWARD GOEHRING / GEORGE W. BISCHOFF --- ALEXANDER GRINCEVIH / GEORGE J. BOHN --- RALPH GRECO / JACOB J. BALLUSKY --- JEREMIAH HICKEY / AUGUSTUS BRUNDAGE --- CHARLES V. HEISER / JOHN H. BURROWS --- HARRY V. KELLER / EDWARD BANDELT --- OTTO KEEHNER / GEORGE CACIOPPO --- FREDERICK J. KAMPER / ROBERT CLARK JR. --- CARL KENDENBURG / GEORGE CUNNINGHAM --- CHARLES KESSELBACH / JOHN JOSEPH DONOHUE --- WILLIAM KAUFFUNGER / JOSEPH DUMBACK --- WILLIAM M. KRATZEE /
Pedestal, proper right: STEPHEN A. LANG --- ANTHONY RUND / JOSEPH R. LIEB --- BENEDICT SAHLI / WILLIAM LIEBERMAN --- PHILIP SCHRON / ADOLPH LANGENBERG ---BENEDICT C. SCIORTINO / DAVID LOFSKY --- ABRAHAM SEMINOWITZ / JOSEPH A. MANGIARCUSE --- PETER J. SERRA / FRANK J. MOLL --- ROBERT S. SIMS / ANDREW MARGASUTO --- FREDERICK C. SMITH / FRANK L. MCSORLEY --- HERMAN C. STEIN / CHARLES NACHTIGAL --- WILLIAM STENCHEVER / EDWARD E. NORD --- JOSEPH STRACI / CHARLES NELSON --- JOSEPH ROBERT SIEB / ANTHONY PENTOLO --- HAROLD TENNESEN / ADOLPH PEMPEL --- MAX A. TRUMPA / CHRISTOPHER V. QUINN --- GASPARE VENTIMIGILIA / ROBERT V. QUINN --- ANGELO VENTO / JOHN RIEGGER --- JOHN J. WALLACE / ALOYSIUS J. RUDOLPH --- RICHARD D. WEBER / LOUIS ROSENBLUM --- JACOB WAISER / LOUIS C. ROUFF --- BENJAMIN WROTSALSKI / HARRY ZALKIN /
Pedestal, back: CHARLES HENRY LANG / ALEXANDER ROSMAY / JOHN COGNATO / JOSEPH BUFFA / FRANCIS R. BARNES / BENJAMIN PERKINS / JULES I. JOHNSON / HERBERT W. KLINGENSTEIN / CHARLES MARTIN / PAUL A . MASON /
HEISSER, SGT. CHARLES W. (3) GOEHRING, SGT. EDWARD RUDOLPH, CORP GEORGE MARTIN, PVT, WILLIAM J.
[existing tablet] HEISSER SQUARE / WAS NAMED IN HONOR OF / SGT. CHARLES W. HEISSER / CO. H. 106TH. INFANTRY / KILLED IN ACTION, SEPT. 29, 1918. / HINDENBURG LINE, / LIES IN BONY, FRANCE /
This monument commemorates the 47 men of Draft Board District 61 who lost their lives in World War I. Dedicated on Armistice Day (now Veterans Day), November 11, 1922, the monument consists of a polished Stoney Creek granite stele bearing a classical bronze relief by Charles Keck (1875–1951).
Inscription 1: IN HONOR / OF / ALL THOSE FROM / THIS DISTRICT / WHO GAVE THEIR / LIVES IN THE / WORLD WAR / PRESENTED BY THE / WASHINGTON SQUARE / ASSOCIATION / 1920 /
Inscription 2: CAPT. KENELM WINSLOW / LT. CHARLES DERHAM JR. / LT. JOUETT FITCH SINGLETON / LT. ARTHUR RICHMOND TABER / LT. HARRY THRASHER / LT. JACK M. WRIGHT / Q.M. CLEMENT LAWRENCE / SGT. BERNARD BULNTE / SGT. PAUL BURKE HEFLIN / SGT. GEORGE WADE SMITH / CORP. EDWARD GRANT COXE / CORP. ALEXANDER AMADOR KIN / CORP. HENRY JOSEPH LYNCH / CORP. HENRY LONSDALE SCANNELL / PVT. GEORGE JOSEPH CUDDY / PVT. WILLIAM CHARLES DAGAN / PVT. DANIEL ESPOSITO / PVT. JOHN JOSEPH PULLIS / PVT. SWAN AUSTIN MORRISON / PVT. ALOYSIUS P. MCMAHON /
Inscription 3: FOR THE / GREAT REPUBLIC / FOR THE PRINCIPLE / IT LIVES BY AND / KEEPS ALIVE / FOR MAN'S VAST / FUTURE. / ABRAHAM LINCOLN /
Inscription 4: FOURTEENTH STREET / SEVENTH AVE. / BLEECKER ST. / BROADWAY /
Front: TO PERPETUATE / IN GRATEFUL REMEM- / BRANCE THE SACRIFICE / HEROISM AND DEVOTION / OF THE MEN AND WOMEN / OF THE OLD TOWN OF / WESTCHESTER / WHO IN THE WORLD WAR / ANSWERED THE CALL / OF THEIR COUNTRY THAT / JUSTICE AND RIGHTEOUS- / NESS SHOULD NOT PERISH /
Side 1: THEY DIED / IN THE SERVICE OF / THEIR COUNTRY / *** / WILLIAM AGNEW / PAUL ARNONE / THOMAS E. BARRY / FRANK M. BEGEN / JOHN A. BICKHARDT / EDWARD BOSARA / DOMINICK BRESSI / VIVIAN BROWN / JOSEPH DALY / JOHN DELGAUDIO / CHARLES F. DIEDTERICH / HAROLD ERLANDSEN / BRIAN GALLAGHER / RAYMOND GILLIS / WILLIAM A GORTON / PHILIP G. HEWIRZ / HARRY HOPEMEISTER / CHARLES JABURECK / JOSEPH KALLAS / CHARLES H. KEEGAN / WILLIAM KELLY / THEODORE B. KORONY / WILLIAM LEMMON / CHARLES A. LINDBLOM /
Side 2: THEY DIED / IN THE SERVICE OF / THEIR COUNTRY / *** / JOHN F. LOCKHART / GIUSTINO LOMBARDI / ARTHUR E. MCBRIDE / JAMES MCGURN / WILLIAM A. MCLAUGHLIN / ALOIS A. MESSENZEHL / EDWARD MORAN / JOHN NEWMAN / WILLIAM NOVY / HAROLD T. OSTERHAUS / WILLIAM S. REARDON / FREDERICK W. REYNOLDS / MICHAEL ROMITA / HENRY A. SCHEELER / FRANK SCHLAICH / GEORGE J. SCHNEIDER / EDWARD W. SCOTT / J. SLATOPOLSKY / WALTER L. SOFFEL / NICHOLAS VORTA / EDGAR YEURY JR. / SAMUEL H. YOUNG / WILLIAM G. ZELENKA / EUGENE L. ZENGEN /
SERGEANT COLYER SQUARE / DEDICATED TO THE MEMORY OF/ WILBUR E. COLYER SERGEANT CO. A 1ST ENGINEERS, 1ST DIVISION, U.S.A. / --- / KILLED IN ACTION, / OCT. 10, 1918. HILL 269, VERDUN FRANCE. / --- / AWARDED / MEDAL OF HONOR. / ERECTED BY THE WILBUR E. COLYER POST 28, / AMERICAN LEGION, / AND CITIZENS OF THIS COMMUNITY. / 1932 /
Plaque: To commemorate those who at the call of their country, left all that was dear, endured hardship, faced danger, and finally passed out of sight of men by the path of duty and sacrifice giving up their lives that others might live in freedom. Let those who come after see to it that their names not be forgotten. By the Citizens Memorial Committee and Soldiers' and Sailors' Memorial Committees of the American Legion, Veterans of Foreign Wars and Jewish Veterans of the Wars of the Republic comprising local boards 82 to 88.
Left: Harry Abramson --- Isidore Ashe --- Morris Bass --- Jacob Bergrin --- Isaac Berlin --- Bonche Boisa --- Jacob Borker --- Harry Britman --- Zelig Brooks --- Benjamin Chester --- Herman Cohen --- Charles C. Cohen --- Max Cohen --- Ralph Cohen --- Simon Cohen --- Harry Dattlebaum --- Otto Dietter --- David L. Doctor --- Isidore Dropkins --- Harry Feldberg --- Samuel Finkelstein --- James Fitzpatrick --- Christopher Ford --- Harry Forman --- Abraham Friedman --- Isreal Joseph Friedman --- Robert P. Friedman --- William Friedman --- Philip Goldstein --- Jacob Goodman --- James B. Graham --- Moses Gustamolsky --- Conrad Heitman --- Samuel C. Kaplan --- Harry Keller --- Louis Krinsky --- Morris Krupnick --- Isidore Kunofsky --- Joseph Krichevesky --- Frank Levine --- Jacob Levine --- George Levy --- John Levy --- Leo Levy --- Raymond A. McIver --- Isidore L. Mackler
Right: Edward Mintz --- Charles P. Morganthaler --- David Moskowitz --- Michael Moskowitz --- Samuel Packer --- David Paskoff --- Harry Ragovin --- Philip Rapaport --- Benjamin J. Reisen --- Daniel Rigrod --- Joseph M. / Robinson --- David Rochlin --- Sidney Rosenberg --- Joseph Rosenthal --- William Rykus --- Benjamin Saltman --- Fred S. Schmeeling --- Jack Schreck --- Samuel J. Shafran --- Abraham Shapiro --- Harry Siegel --- Henry Siegel --- Jack Siegel --- Charles Smith --- Nathan Solomon --- Samuel Solovei --- Nicholas Spinazola --- Charles J. Sullivan --- Frank X. Sullivan --- Joseph Swirsky --- Louis M. Swick --- Gustave W. Thomsen --- George M. Waithauer --- James D. Wanser --- Aaron Werther --- George Weyuker --- Louis Witover --- Morris Zimmerman --- Samuel Zuckerman
THE TREES IN THIS CIRCLE ARE DEDICATED / TO THOSE WHO MADE THE SUPREME SACRIFICE / IN WORLD WAR II / 1941-1945 / ARTHUR A. AMRON --- GEORGE P. HUMMEL --- JULES D. SCHLICHTER / FRANCIS T. ACTON --- AUSTIN W. KELLY JR. --- DONALD R. SCHNEIDER / LEONARD A. BENJAMIN --- JAMES P. KENNY --- LOUIS SEIDMAN / HAROLD J. BLANTHORN --- JOHN M. LEWIS JR. --- MURRAY SEIFF / CORNELIUS M. CALPIN --- LEONARD KRAM --- DONALD W. SELZ / JOHN E. CORRIGAN --- THOMAS MCARDLE --- HERBERT SPRINGER / RICHARD H. DAVIS --- BERNARD MEEHAN --- JOSEPH K. THIER / HENRY J. DEHNERT --- JAMES F. O'BRIEN --- ALVIN S. WEISS / ALAN EVANS --- VINCENT W. O'KEEFE --- BERNARD H. WIENER / ARNOLD P. FOX --- HAROLD W. ROBERTS --- GEORGE WILLIAMS / HERBERT HOFFENBERG --- GEORGE P. ROLLY --- ARTHUR ZIEGLER / BELLE HARBOR GARDEN CLUB /
IN GRATEFUL / REMEMBRANCE OF THOSE FROM THIS COMMUNITY / WHO MADE THE SUPREME SACRIFICE / IN WORLD WAR II / ERECTED BY THE / CHARLES AND FRANK TRAPANI TWINS / POST #4658 V.F.W.
1) pedestal of eagle, front: 1941 **** 1945 / ERECTED BY THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA / IN PROUD AND GRATEFUL REMEMBRANCE / OF HER SONS / WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN HER SERVICE/ AND WHO SLEEP IN THE AMERICAN COASTAL WATER / OF THE ATLANTIC OCEAN / INTO THY HANDS, OH LORD
2) pedestal of eagle, back: 1941 *** 1945 / IN ADDITION TO THE 4,597 AMERICAN SERVICEMENT HONORED HERE / WHO LOST THEIR LIVES IN HER SERVICE AND / WHO SLEEP IN THE AMERICAN COASTAL WATERS OF THE ATLANTIC OCEAN / THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA / HONORS THE 6,185 SEAMEN OF THE UNITED STATES MERCHANT MARINE / AND THE 529 SEAMEN OF THE UNITED STATES ARMY TRANSPORT SERVICE / WHO LOST THEIR LIVES DURING WORLD WAR II
Architect: Gehron and Seltzer; Paul Cret Harbeson, FAIA
In memory of Matthew J. Buono, born June 28, 1942, died April 4, 1968. Please take a moment to remember Matthew. He and all of America's war dead gave their lives for their country, for freedom, and for you. Never forget.
This park honors the memory of Lieutenant Frank McConnell (1896-1918), the first Richmond Hill resident killed in World War I.
Plaque 1: Dedicated to the sons of Morris Park and vicinity who served in the world war 1917-1918 and in loving remembrance of the following men who made the supreme sacrifice (names of 70 war dead).
Plaque 2: With undying love and gratitude to give homage to all veterans of the Spanish-American War, World War I, World War II, Korean Campaign, Vietnam Campaign, Lt. F.J. McConnell, Post 229 Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States.
