Amherst in Erie County, New York — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)
A Memorial
Erected 1934.
Topics. This memorial is listed in this topic list: Military.
Location. 43° 2.654′ N, 78° 49.693′ W. Memorial is in Amherst, New York, in Erie County. It can be reached from Tonawanda Creek Road just west of Niagara Falls Boulevard (U.S. 62), on the right when traveling south. Memorial is located beneath the flagpole in White Chapel Memorial Park. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 90 Tonawanda Creek Road, Buffalo NY 14228, 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 and in the Mid-Atlantic. Globally, it is in North America, on the Great Lakes, in the Western Hemisphere, in the Western World, and in 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 3 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Rene-Robert Cavelier Sieur De La Salle (approx. 0.2 miles away); A Dam on Tonawanda Creek (approx. 0.9 miles away); This Site in North Tonawanda was in the Right Place at the Right Time (approx. 1.8 miles away); A Tribute To "Marse" Joe McCarthy (approx. 2 miles away); North Tonawanda (approx. 2.3 miles away); Sweeney Cemetery (approx. 2.3 miles away); Dedicated to the Memory of Those Who Made the Greatest Sacrifice (approx. 2.3 miles away); Proud Tribute is Here Paid (approx. 2.4 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Amherst.
Credits. This page was last revised on April 19, 2025. It was originally submitted on April 19, 2025, by Bradley Owen of Morgantown, West Virginia. This page has been viewed 138 times since then and 31 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on April 19, 2025, by Bradley Owen of Morgantown, West Virginia.

