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Bayside Hills Memorial Flagstaff

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Location: Bell Blvd., 215th Street and 53rd Avenue
Description: 3 plaques on concrete flagstaff
Materials: Wood pole, bronze & iron plaques
Dimensions: Iron: 7"H 10"W 1/4"D; Bronze 12"H 20"W 1/2"D
Dedicated: 1942 & 1949
Donor: Bayside Hills Civic Association
Inscription: Iron Plaque:
DEDICATED TO OUR BOYS / IN THE U.S. SERVICE/1942/BAYSIDE HILLS/CIVIC ASSOCIATION

Bronze Plaque:
IN MEMORY OF THE MEN OF/BAYSIDE HILLS/WHO MADE THE SUPREME SACRIFICE/1941-1945/ALFRED B. FISCHETTI GERALD MCCARTHY/LEO MANZI LAMBERT CHARLES SCHROEDER/ERECTED BY/BAYSIDE HILLS CIVIC ASSOCIATION INC. / MAY, 1949.

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