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Woodside Memorial

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Location: Roosevelt Avenue and 60th St.
Architect: Joseph Bresnan
Description: Stele with plaque, documents capsule
Materials: Bronze, Impala black granite
Dimensions: Stele H: 6' W: 3'6" D: 1'2"; Plaque H: 36" W: 26" D: 5/8"; Reglet D: 3/4"
Dedicated: May 31, 1971
Foundry: Sheidow Bronze Co, Kingwood, West Virgina
Fabricator: Riley Brothers
Donor: Woodside Memorial Committee
Inscription: WOODSIDE MEMORIAL PARK / DEDICATED TO ALL MEMBERS / OF THE COMMUNITY WHO / MADE THE SUPREME SACRIFICE / FOR THE GOOD AND WELFARE / OF THEIR COUNTRY AND FOR / THE PEACE AND FREEDOM OF / MANKIND / THE WORLD WARS / KOREA AND VIET NAM /

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