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New Brighton War Memorial

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Location: Opposite St. Peter's High School, Richmond Terrace
Description: Flagstaff base with tablet
Materials: Bronze, granite
Dimensions: Tablet H: 1'6" W: 1'; Plinth H: 8" Diameter 9'; Base H: 4' Diameter 4'
Dedicated: 1952; July 4, 1953
Donor: Donegan-McGinley-Landy Post No. 1366, American Legion
Inscription: THIS TABLET HAS BEEN ERECTED / TO HONOR THE MEN AND WOMEN / OF NEW
BRIGHTON WHO ANSWERED / THEIR COUNTRY'S CALL IN / WORLD WAR II
1941-1945 / DEDICATED BY / DONEGAN-MCGINLEY-LANDY POST NO. 1366/
THE AMERICAN LEGION / JULY 4, 1953.

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