Egbert Triangle

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Egbert Memorial

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Dedicated:	1935
Location:	Port Richmond Road and Forest Avenue
Description:	Monument with tablet
Materials:	Fieldstone monument with bronze tablet
Dimensions:	Plaque: 2'5" h; 2'w
Donor:	Plaque: American Legion, Monument: DPR

Inscription

FOR GOD AND COUNTRY/ EGBERT SQUARE/ NAMED IN HONOR OF/ ARTHUR STANLEY EGBERT/ SEA 2C USNRF/ WHO DIED IN THE SINKING OF THE/ USS PRESIDENT LINCOLN, ON MAY 31, 1918/ AND DEDICATED TO THE MEN AND WOMEN/ OF PORT RICHMOND AND GRANITEVILLE/ WHO DEVOTEDLY SERVED THEIR COUNTRY / IN THE WORLD WAR 1917-1918 / ERECTED BY / ARTHUR S. EGBERT POST NO 95 / THE AMERICAN LEGION

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