Cheektowaga in Erie County, New York — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)

Heroic Dead

Cheektowaga WWI Memorial image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Anton Schwarzmueller, August 2, 2017

1. Cheektowaga WWI Memorial

Inscription.
Heroic Dead
1917 World War 1918
Town of Cheektowaga, N.Y. Andres, John; Benzel, William; Duly, John R.; Geier, Harvey H.; Hoerner, Jacob J.; Holtz, John W.; Klaffka, John C.; Latzer, Wendelin; Ostrowski, Frank; Racinowski, Stanley; Szydlowski, Matthew; Walczak, Frank

Erected 1938 by VFW Cheektowaga Post 2429.

Topics. This memorial is listed in this topic list: War, World I.

Location. 42° 54.2′ N, 78° 45.239′ W. Memorial is in Cheektowaga, New York, in Erie County. It is at the intersection of Ellicott Road and Union Road (New York State Route 277), on the left when traveling north on Ellicott Road. Ellicott Road is the connector between NY route 277 (Union Rd.) and NY route 130 (Broadway) which are grade-separated. Memorial is by the Town of Cheektowaga municipal buildings. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 3301 Broadway, Buffalo NY 14227, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in Upstate New York,

specifically in Western New York,

and in the Buffalo Metropolitan Area.

It is also in the American Northeast,

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on the Great Lakes,

and in the Mid-Atlantic.

Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Viceroyalty of New France,

the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy,

New Netherland,

and one of the original Thirteen Colonies.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 2 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: This Memorial (within shouting distance of this marker); The Original Site of Forks Hose Company #2 (within shouting distance of this marker); Site of Toll Gate (about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line); Forks (approx. half a mile away); Bellevue (approx. 1.1 miles away); Site of Underground Railway Station (approx. 1.2 miles away); Bennet Cemetery (approx. 1.4 miles away); Earliest Church (approx. 1.6 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Cheektowaga.

Photographed by Anton Schwarzmueller, August 2, 2017

2. Cheektowaga WWI Memorial

Union Rd. (NY 277) is below at left. Ellicott Rd. at right. Broadway (NY 130) passes over Union Rd. Broadway is parallel to the CSX mainline.

Credits. This page was last revised on August 4, 2017. It was originally submitted on August 4, 2017, by Anton Schwarzmueller of Wilson, New York. This page has been viewed 601 times since then and 25 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on August 4, 2017, by Anton Schwarzmueller of Wilson, New York.