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Unionport Memorial

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Location: Castle Hill Avenue, Watson Avenue, Cross Bronx Expressway
Description: Eternal light on round stele
Materials: Granite and bronze
Dimensions: Stele H: 8' D: 5'; Light H: 2'
Fabricator: Lavery Granite Co.
Donor: Public subscription, People of Unionport
Inscription: THIS MONUMENT IS ERECTED / AS A TOKEN OF ESTEEM TO THE / MEN AND WOMEN OF UNIONPORT / WHO SO NOBLY RESPONDED TO / THEIR COUNTRY'S CALL IN THE / WORLD WAR OF / 1914-1918. / TO MAKE THE WORLD SAFE FOR / DEMOCRACY AND WHO THROUGH / GOD'S MERCY WERE SAFELY / RETURNED TO US / IT IS ESPECIALLY DEDICATED TO THE / MEMORY OF THOSE WHO GAVE / THEIR LIVES FOR THIS GREAT CAUSE. / WILLIAM A AGNEW / EDWARD BOERA / JOSEPH J. DALY / GEORGE P. ESSENWANGER / HARRY HOFFMEISTER / CHARLES C. JABURECK / WILLIAM LEMMON / CHARLES A. LINDBLOM / JOHN C. NEWMAN / WILLIAM S. REARDON / GEORGE J. SCHNEIDER / WALTER SOFFEL / THAT THEIR NAMES MAY LIVE / WITH THEIR VALOR. /

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