Belle Harbor in Queens in Queens County, New York — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)

Four Chaplains Memorial

The American Creed

Photographed by Philip Gilson, February 7, 2016

1. Four Chaplains Memorial Marker

Inscription.
Honoring the Four Heroic Chaplains who gave their life jackets that four soldiers might live. The S. S. Dorchester was torpedoed February 3, 1943. As it sank the four were seen linked arm in arm, heads uplifted in prayer.

Lt G. L. Fox, Protestant • Lt. J. P. Washington, Catholic • Lt. A. D. Goode, Jewish • Lt. C. V. Poling, Protestant

Topics and series. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: Religion & Religious Structures • War, World II • Waterways & Vessels. In addition, it is included in the The Four Chaplains series list. A significant historical date for this entry is February 3, 1943.

Location. 40° 34.559′ N, 73° 50.9′ W. Memorial is in Queens, New York, in Queens County. It is in the Belle Harbor. It is on Rockaway Beach Boulevard just west of Beach 129th Street. The marker hangs on the front of the Church of Saint Francis DeSales. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 129-16 Rockaway Beach Blvd, Rockaway Park NY 11694, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in New York City

and on Long Island.

It is also in the American Northeast,

in the Mid-Atlantic,

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and on the Eastern Seaboard. Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region,

North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once New Netherland

and also one of the original Thirteen Colonies.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 3 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Michael D Glover (about 700 feet away, measured in a direct line); John P McGonigol (about 700 feet away); 9/11 Tribute Park (approx. 0.6 miles away); Lituanica (approx. 2.3 miles away); Jamaica Bay Greenway (approx. 2.4 miles away); Gateway to Flight (approx. 2.7 miles away); Floyd Bennett Field / Jamaica Bay Greenway (approx. 2.7 miles away); a different marker also named Gateway to Flight (approx. 2.7 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Queens.

Also see . . . The Four Chaplains Memorial Foundation. (Submitted on February 7, 2017, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.)

Additional keywords. Four Chaplains

Four Chaplains Memorial image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Kathy Friend, February 4, 2023

2. Four Chaplains Memorial

Credits. This page was last revised on November 13, 2023. It was originally submitted on February 7, 2017, by Philip Gilson of Brooklyn, New York. This page has been viewed 650 times since then and 26 times this year. Photos: 1. submitted on February 4, 2017, by Philip Gilson of Brooklyn, New York. 2. submitted on November 8, 2023, by Kathy Friend of Lake Ridge, Virginia. • Kevin W. was the editor who published this page.