Lt. Frank McConnell Park

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Morris Park World War Memorial

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Location: Atlantic Avenue and Lefferts Blvd.
Architect: H. Adler
Description: Stele, 2 tablets
Materials: Bronze, Deer Island granite
Dimensions: Plaque 1 H: 4'6" W: 2'6"; Plaque 2 H: 28 1/2" W: 12"; Plinth H: 10' W: 5'4" D: 2'
Dedicated: 1923; 1973
Donor: Lt. F. J. McConnell Post No.229, V.F.W. (new plaque)
Inscription: Plaque 1: DEDICATED / TO THE SONS OF MORRIS PARK AND / VICINITY WHO SERVED IN THE / WORLD WAR -1917-18 AND IN LOVING / REMEMBRANCE OF THE FOLLOWING / MEN WHO MADE THE SUPREME SACRIFICE / (NAMES OF 70 WAR DEAD)/

Plaque 2: (EAGLE) / V.F.W. SEAL / WITH UNDYING LOVE / AND GRATITUDE / TO GIVE HOMAGE / TO ALL VETERANS / OF / THE SPANISH AMERICAN WAR / WORLD WAR I / WORLD WAR II / KOREAN CAMPAIGN/ VIET-NAM CAMPAIGN / LT. F.J. MC CONNELL, POST 229/ VETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS / OF THE UNITED STATES / DEDICATED, MAY
30, 1973 /

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