East Bayside in Portland in Cumberland County, Maine — The American Northeast (New England)

Maine's Jewish Fallen Heroes Memorial

Photographed by Devry Becker Jones (CC0), November 15, 2021

1. Maine's Jewish Fallen Heroes Memorial

Inscription.
Jacob Cousins Post 99, Jewish War Veterans of the USA, honors the memory of Maine's Jewish Fallen Heroes in the two great wars.

World War I Fallen Heroes, 1917 - 1918
Jacob Cousins, Portland • Arthur Goldstein, Portland • John A. Harrisburg, Auburn • Hyman Hilson, Bangor • Peter Wm. Klain, Norway • Kenneth Klein, Fort Kent • Henry A. Lait, Old Town • William Levenberg, Portland • Samuel W. Marcus, Bangor • Louis Osherowitz, Portland

World War II Fallen Heroes, 1941 - 1945
Harry E. Barron, Waterville • Samuel M. Citrin, Portland • Benjamin Cox, Portland • Meyer Davis, Jr, Bar Harbor • Hyman Deletetsky, Auburn • Albert N. Edelstein, Sanford • Robert L. Freedman, Blue Hill • Edward R. Goldstein, Portland • Francis L. Harris, Van Buren • Louis J. Kline, Auburn • Joseph H. Kobritz, Bangor • Louis S. Lane, Portland • Harold L. Leavitt, Levant • Carl Levy, Portland • Sidney R. Miller, Portland • Herbert F. Meyers, Portland • Charles Solomon, Cooper's Mills • Frank B. Solomon, Cooper's Mills • Bernard Striar, Bangor • Odilion Teitelbaum, Biddeford • Milton J. Ward,

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Auburn • Max A. Weinstein, Portland • Charles P. Wilner, Auburn

Memorial donated by Myer Marcus, WWII Air Force Major, celebrating his 100th year, June 2014

Research funding by Sam L. Cohen Foundation

Erected 2014 by Jacob Cousins Post 99, Jewish War Veterans of the USA, donated by Myer Marcus.

Topics. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: Heroes • Religion & Religious Structures • War, World I • War, World II.

Location. 43° 39.734′ N, 70° 15.159′ W. Memorial is in Portland, Maine, in Cumberland County. It is in East Bayside. It can be reached from Congress Street just north of India Street, on the left when traveling north. The memorial stands on the grounds of the Maine Jewish Museum. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 267 Congress St, Portland ME 04101, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in the American Northeast

and in New England.

Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region,

North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Other nearby markers. At

Photographed by Devry Becker Jones (CC0), November 15, 2021

2. Maine's Jewish Fallen Heroes Memorial

least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Home of Elias and Elizabeth Widgery Thomas (within shouting distance of this marker); Olde Saint Paul's Parish (within shouting distance of this marker); War of Independence Memorial (about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line); Rear Admiral James Alden (about 500 feet away); Eastern Cemetery (about 500 feet away); Christopher Christian Manuel (about 500 feet away); a different marker also named Eastern Cemetery (about 500 feet away); Joseph Coffin Boyd (about 500 feet away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Portland.

Credits. This page was last revised on February 13, 2023. It was originally submitted on November 16, 2021, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia. This page has been viewed 443 times since then and 14 times this year. Last updated on August 22, 2022, by D Howitt of Bergen County, New Jersey. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on November 16, 2021, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia. • Andrew Ruppenstein was the editor who published this page.