Rumson in Monmouth County, New Jersey — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)

1945 - 2005 Rumson Veterans Monument

Rumson Veterans Monument </b>(1995 - 2005 face) image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Paul Sniffen

1. Rumson Veterans Monument (1995 - 2005 face)

Inscription. 1945 - 1955
Berlin
Cold War
Korea [127 names are engraved for the decade 1955-1965]

1955 - 1965
Berlin Cuba
Lebanon Taiwan
Vietnam [72 names are engraved for the decade 1955-1965]

1965 - 1975
Cambodia Laos
Thailand
Vietnam [102 names are engraved for the decade 1965-1975]

1975 - 1985
Cold War
Lebanon
Grenada [18 names are engraved for the decade 1975-1985]

1985 - 1995
Kuwait
Panama
Somalia [10 names are engraved for the decade 1985-1995]

1995 - 2005
Afghanistan
Bosnia, Kosovo
Iraq [21 names are engraved for the decade 1995-2005]

Erected 2005 by Rumson veterans.

Topics. This monument and memorial is listed in this topic list: Military.

Location. 40° 22.559′ N, 74° 0.738′ W. Monument is in Rumson, New Jersey, in Monmouth County. It can be reached from Lafeyette Street. Memorial is in Victory Park. Touch for map. Monument is in this post office area: Rumson NJ 07760, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial monument is in New Jersey’s Central Jersey,

specifically on the Jersey Shore,

and

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in the New York City Metropolitan Area.

It is also in the American Northeast,

in the Mid-Atlantic,

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 2 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Battle of Black Point (approx. ¾ mile away); Fair Haven Honor Roll (approx. 1½ miles away); British Campsite (approx. 1.6 miles away); Middletown Township Locust Historic District (approx. 1.6 miles away); a different marker also named British Campsite (approx. 1.6 miles away); The Hartshorne Legacy (approx. 1.8 miles away); Navesink (approx. 1.9 miles away); Electric Power Station (approx. 2 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Rumson.

Other markers no longer nearby. Powerhouse (was approx. 2 miles away but has been replaced with another marker now near it); The Navesink Highlands Light Station (was approx. 2 miles away but has

Rumson Veterans Monument </b>(1945 - 1955 face) image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Sheena Chi, April 29, 2006

2. Rumson Veterans Monument (1945 - 1955 face)

been replaced with another marker now near it); Spermaceti Cove Lifeboat Station (was approx. 2 miles away but has been replaced with another marker now near it); Marconi at Twin Lights (was approx. 2 miles away but has been replaced with another marker now near it).

Rumson Veterans Monument </b>(1965 - 1975 face) image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Sheena Chi, April 29, 2006

3. Rumson Veterans Monument (1965 - 1975 face)

Rumson Veterans Monument </b>(1975-1985 face) image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Sheena Chi, April 29, 2006

4. Rumson Veterans Monument (1975-1985 face)

Rumson Veterans Monument (1975-1985 and 1965-1975 face) image. Click for full size.

Photographed by R. C., April 09

5. Rumson Veterans Monument (1975-1985 and 1965-1975 face)

Note the 30-inch-by-40-inch bronze eagle on the top of the monument was vandalized and removed from the monument. It will likely be replaced this summer.

Rumson Veterans Monument </b>(1985-1995 face) image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Sheena Chi, April 29, 2006

6. Rumson Veterans Monument (1985-1995 face)

Rumson Veterans Monument </b>(Bronze Eagle) image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Sheena Chi, April 29, 2006

7. Rumson Veterans Monument (Bronze Eagle)

The 30-inch-by-40-inch bronze eagle on the top of the monument created a controversy, as some feared the combined height of 8½ feet of this monument would overshadow other monuments in the park.

Credits. This page was last revised on March 10, 2021. It was originally submitted on October 27, 2008, by Paul Sniffen of Red Bank, New Jersey. This page has been viewed 2,075 times since then and 23 times this year. Photos: 1. submitted on October 25, 2008, by Paul Sniffen of Red Bank, New Jersey. 2, 3, 4. submitted on October 27, 2008, by Kevin W. of Stafford, Virginia. 5. submitted on April 22, 2009, by Ronald Claiborne of College Station, Texas. 6, 7. submitted on October 27, 2008, by Kevin W. of Stafford, Virginia. • Kevin W. was the editor who published this page.

Editor’s want-list for this marker. Readable, in-person pictures of all six sides; listings of names • Can you help?