McLaughlin Park

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McLaughlin Park World War I Memorial

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Dedicated:1919
Location:Tillary and Jay Streets, Cathedral Place
Description:Stele, base
Architect:Danby and Nute
Materials:Indiana limestone, granite
Dimensions:Stele H: 12' W: 6' D: 23"; Base H: 15" W: 9'4" D: 5'
Donor:Seawanhaka Democratic Club

Inscription

Honor roll: LT. HENRY J. DUFF --- CORP. OSCAR GARDENAS / ENS. EDW. FITZGERALD --- COPR. JOHN J. FARRELL / ENS. SIDNEY J. KELLY --- CORP. RALPH DE FLORA / SGT. VINCENT AITKEN --- CORP. OSCAR E. FLEURY / SGT. THOS. CAMPBELL --- CORP. TOHS. HARRINGTON / SGT. EDWARD MESSER --- CORP. JOHN. A KIERNAN / SGT. OTTO SCHINDLER --- CORP. GEO. MICHOLOSKI / SGT. WM. V. STORCH --- CORP. JAMES OCONNOR / FREDERICK I. ALLARD --- JOSEPH P. GRIFFIN / JOHN ARCOMANO --- ANTONIO GUARINO / CHARLES I. ASH --- JOS. A. GUGLULINO / ARTHUR CAMPBELL --- CLARENCE F. HARRIS / FRANCIS J. CARR --- SIDNEY W. HARRIS / PATRICK CORCORAN --- MICHAEL HALEY / PETER J. CRIMMINS --- EDWARD H. HERNON / HARRY M. GUNDY --- FRANK J. HOLAHAN / GEORGE P. DAVIS --- THOMAS KELLY / HARRY EUBANKS --- PATRICK JOS. KANE / THOS. M. GAFFNEY --- ALBERT J. KERN / THOMAS K. GILROY --- WILLIM E. LANNAN / BENJAMIN GREEN --- RICHARD MCGEEHAN /

Front inscription:
IN LOVING MEMORY / OF THOSE MEN OF THIS DISTRICT / WHO IN THE WAR OF 1917 AND 1918 / FOUGHT AND DIED FOR FREEDOM / THEIR NEIGHBORS THROUGH THE / SEAWANHAKA DEMOCRATIC CLUB / ERECT THIS MONUMENT / AD MDCCCCXIX. /

Honor roll back: BERNARD MCGONIGLE --- STEPHEN REARDON / JAMES D. MCKEEVER --- FRANK RENO / JOHN MCLOUGHLIN --- HAROLD A. ROTH / THOS. J. MCLOUGHLIN --- FERD. SANTARPIA / ATTILIO MANFREDI --- WILLIAM B. SARLO / JACK L. MARTIN --- DENNIS P. SHEEHAN / ANTONIO MASSONI --- SIMON STEWART / JOSEPH A. MERNAH --- THOMAS I. STONEY / EDWARD MORRISSEY --- ALFRED J. SULLIVAN / JOHN J. O'ROURKE --- JOSEPH WALLACE / JULIO PEREIRA --- JOHN E. WHITE / CHAS. E. REARDON --- JOSPEH YANTORNO / WILLIAM F. DEVINE /

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