Myrtle Avenue Clemens Triangle

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• Location: Myrtle Avenue and Cornelia Street
• Sculptor: Anton Schaaf
• Architect: Helmle and Corbett
• Description: Column topped by a globe, on a circular base; column faced with three bas-reliefs; honor roll of names carved in spaces between the bas-reliefs
• Materials: North Jay granite; bas-reliefs--bronze
• Dimensions: Column H: 11' Diameter: 6'; Base H: 6' Diameter 12'; Each bas-relief H: 8'3" W: 3'11"; Total H: 23'
• Cast: 1920
• Dedicated: May 30, 1920
• Donor: Gold Star Mothers
• Inscription: Base:
  MEN OF RIDGEWOOD --- "AND THEY EARNED ETERNITY IN A BRIEF SPACE OF TIME"
  
  Army panel:
  "I AM SUMMONED BY MY COUNTRY WHOSE VOICE / I CAN NEVER HEAR BUT WITH VENERATION AND LOVE." /
  
  Air Force panel:
  THEY UPHELD AMERICA'S CAUSE AND THE / HALLOWED MEMORY ABIDES WITH US. /
  
  Navy panel:
  FOR FREEDOM OF THE SEAS AND IN DEFENCE / OF OUR RIGHTS THEY SERVED US WELL. /
  
  Honor roll 1: AMMON TOBIAS J / BADER JOHN / BENDRICK BERNARD / BRESS FREDERICK H. / BOHN GEORGE J. / BRIGGEMAN FRANK J. / BRUNKHARDT JOHN W. / BRAUNWORTH CHARLES / BRINDISI CONSTANTINE / BANSCHER WILLIAM / BRENNEIS GEORGE JR. / BARIS ALEXANDER D. / BOULTON CHARLES W. / BEDELL SAMUEL H. / BLUMMERT GUSTAVE / CASEY JOHN P. JR. / CAVANAUGH ANDREW R. / DAUB JOHN / DRENNAN THOMAS F. / DOUTY HARRY C. / DOLAN JOHN J. / DANNHARDT PETER / EBERT LOUIS T. / ERNST OTTO J. / EICHSTAEDT ALBERT / EAGAN JAMES J. / EPP STEPHEN / FORD DENNIS J. / FLECK CARL W. / FREY JOHN W. / GUNTHNER CHARLES / GOLLHARDT HENRY J. / GEYER JOHN / GREEN ELMER J. / GARITY JOSEPH B. JR. / GAYNOR FRANK / GRABOW WILLIAM /
  
  Honor roll 2: HAILE JOHN J. / HEGEL AUGUST / HEEG FRANK / HALL JOSEPH A. / HECK ANTHONY / HANEL ROBERT W. / HOBERG EDWARD W. / HERMANN DOMINIC H. / KIEDAISCH HERMAN / KAUFMAN FRANK E. / KEIHN FREDERICK W. / KENNEDY JOSEPH F. / KUNZERT CHARLES G. / KIENINGER OTTO J. / LANDAU EDWARD H. / LACHER CHARLES W. / LAUER GEORGE P. / LEHLE CONRAD / LOUGHRAN FRANCIS M. / LAFFERY JOHN N. / LIVINGSTON PABOR / LEHMAN HENRY / LOEDER WILLIAM / MADDEN ARTHUR / MEILER WILLIAM / MOORE ARTHUR R. / MONEYPENNY JOHN / MAGENHEIMER FREDERICK / MORE EDWARD T. / MILLER CHAS. J. / MANN BERNARD / NEVITT ERNEST / OEHLER MAX S. / OHLHAUSEN GEORGE N. / OFFENBUGER WILLIAM / OSWALD JULIUS / PROKOP FRANK C. /
  
  Honor roll 3: REISCHMANN HENRY V. / ROSALINO FREDERICK C. / REUSS FRANK / RANNACHER WILLIAM / ROBBINS ARCHIE / RUDOLPH ALOYSIUS I. / REICHERT CHAS. P. / SCHEIBEL PETER J. / SCHWAB ADOLPH / STIEHLER OSCAR / STEIN FRED / STIEFLEIN MICHAEL / SIMENDINGER ALBERT / SCHOENTHALER LOUIS F. / STARK FRED W. / SELWIN RICHARD R. / STUMPF HENRY / SCHWAB FREDERICK G. / SCHULTZ WILLIAM / SOBECK THOMAS / STECKEL HENRY E. / TRENKA JOSEPH J. / TAYLOR THATCHER / UNFUR WILLIAM / VAJDA HENRY J. / WENGART PETER / WILLIAMS JOHN / WALLACE JOHN J. / WEINRICH ALBERT / WOLF JOSEPH J. JR. / WUNDERSEE WILLIAM N. / WENZ JOSEPH / WALSH JOSEPH C. / WRIGHT WILLIAM J. / ZIEGLER ANDREW A. / ZAPKE WILLIAM /