Silver Lake on Staten Island in Richmond County, New York — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)

World War I Memorial

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1. World War I Memorial Marker

Inscription.
This Hero Park and Memorial is lovingly dedicated to the memory of the splendid sons of Staten Island who so nobly gave their lives in the World War
1917 - 1918
This granite boulder left here during the glacial period has been known for generations as Sugar Loaf Rock and marks the boyhood playground of many of the men whose gallant deeds it now commemorates.

This tablet is erected
by
the City of New York
in honor of
Dr. Lovis A. Dreyfvs
and his wife
Berta E. Dreyfvs
who deeded this land as a park to
The City of New York
to perpetvate the memory of the
Heroes of Staten Island
who made the svpreme sacrifice
in the World War.

In Memoriam Abbott, Ronald W. • Achilles, Louis H. Jr. • Anderson, Edwin P. • Androvette, Clayton • App, Joseph Francis • Bardwell D. Eugen • Beauvais, Walton U. • Bergherr, Henry A. • Bigley, Joseph A. • Blaine, John J. • Bloom, Edward A. • Bogdanowis, Edward M. • Brown, Martin, O. • Burdge, Edward H. • Buss, August Walter • Calabro, Vincent • Carmichael, George A. • Caterino, Peter D. • Cavallo, Thomas • Clark, Hamilton R. • Conrad,

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James O. • Cosgrove, George B. • Costa, Philip • Cranmer, Ralph T. • Cregan, George M. • Crilly, Cornelius A. • Cudlipp, Jerome M. • D'Amico, Zopito • Daniels, Maurice V. • Davis, Joseph M. • Davison, Laurie E. • DeCaro, Joseph • Decker, Albert • Decker, Byron W. Jr. • Delaney, Hugh J.

De Palma, Dominico • Diener, Henry • Dietz, Martin • Donovan, James P. • Eden, Franklin G. • Egbert, Arthur S. • Ferrand, Sandy G. • Fickeisen, Charles McD. • Ford, James V. • Gardner, John L. • Garrett, Frank M. • Giard, Louis • Gill, Harry A. • Glismann, Philip • Gordon, Samuel • Graham, Percy C. • Harvey, William E.G. • Heil, Robert Emmett • Heningar, Henry A. • Herbstreet, Alonzo P. • Hever, William J. • Hicks, John R. • Higgins, Francis W. Jr. • Horenburg, Charles • Hussey, Edward J. • Ivey, Walter Carl • Johes, Thomas J. Jr. • Kells, Edmund W. • Kenny, Richard J. • Keppler, John • Klinger, Clarence R. • Komirowski, Wincenty • Kryszewski, Walter • Kubatsky, Joseph J. • Kufall, William • Lake, Arthur G. Jr.

Laub, Harold • Lauth, William C. • Leonard,

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Michael J. • Levy, Abraham • Lintern, Leslie B. • McCarthy, James • McGoldick, Joseph A. • McLoughlin, Francis J. • McMeekan, Arthur W. • McNamara, John C.P. • MacIntyre, Harold V. • MacKenzie, Angus C. • Mahoney, Michael J. • Maibauer, Hugh P. • Marco, John • Mason, Bernard W. • Massey, Peter L. • Miczizki, Ludwig • Moeser, John • Muir, Fenwick • Napoleon, Eli J. • Norton, George F. • Oehlmann, Arthur H.M. • O'Meara, John W. Jr. • O'Reilly, Joseph V. • Paine, Alfred S. • Palmier, Charles F. • Pederson, Julius M. • Pederson, Petter L. • Petro, Stephen Jr. • Podskoch, Joseph • Pohl, Julius F. • Pouch, Harold R. • Randolph, Franklin F. • Ritterhoff, Henry

Rodewald, Winthrop V. • Rogers, Christopher • Rossell, Daves • Russell, Almer G. • Russo, Louis A. • Sadousky, August • Santo, Giovanni • Schultes, William • Shaevitz, Abe • Sharpe, John F. • Shortt, Allen • Slocum, Herbert S. • Slosson, James S. • Smith, Benjamin A. • Smith, Elwood LaF. • Sorenson, John H. • Speck, Walter • Staats, Frederick • Stellenwerf, Merton • Sullivan, Thomas

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J. • Szalyko, John • Tappen, James J. • Thompson, William J. • Trench, Archer R. • Truppner, Herbert G. • Van Pelt, Abram • Walker, Randolph St. G. Jr. • Walsh, John • Watkins, Lionel G. • Weber, Paul • Whitall, John • White, John Edward • Wilson, Richard T. • Woodruff, Henry G. • Wornell, Howard

Erected 1920.

Topics. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: Parks & Recreational Areas • War, World I. A significant historical year for this entry is 1917.

Location. 40° 37.817′ N, 74° 5.252′ W. Memorial is on Staten Island, New York, in Richmond County. It is in Silver Lake. It is on Louis Street just east of Victory Boulevard, on the right when traveling west. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 28 Howard Avenue, Staten Island NY 10301, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in New York City.

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

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4. World War I Memorial

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 walking distance of this marker: Hero Park (within shouting distance of this marker); a different marker also named Hero Park (within shouting distance of this marker); 1776 / 1926 (approx. 0.2 miles away); 364 Van Duzer Street (approx. 0.4 miles away); Saint Paul's Memorial Church (approx. half a mile away); Stapleton Comfort Station (approx. 0.6 miles away); Edgewater Village Hall (approx. 0.6 miles away); Carmine Liotti and Lloyd Ikefugi Memorial (approx. 0.6 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Staten Island.

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Credits. This page was last revised on January 17, 2024. It was originally submitted on January 17, 2024, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia. This page has been viewed 289 times since then and 27 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6. submitted on January 17, 2024, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia.