Town of Tonawanda in Kenmore in Erie County, New York — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)
"Fountain of Memories"
Photographed by Bradley Owen, April 20, 2025
1. "Fountain of Memories" Marker
Gold Star Mothers
of the Niagara Frontier
Erected 1940.
Topics and series. This memorial is listed in this topic list: Military. In addition, it is included in the Gold Star Families series list.
Location. 42° 59.575′ N, 78° 52.391′ W. Memorial is in Kenmore, New York, in Erie County. It is in Town of Tonawanda. It can be reached from Delaware Avenue (New York State Route 384) north of Brighton Road, on the right when traveling north. Memorial is located in Elmlawn Memorial Park. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 3939 Delaware Avenue, Buffalo NY 14217, 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, on the Great Lakes, and in the Mid-Atlantic. 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 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: Park Lawn (about 400 feet away, measured in a direct line); Louis P.A. Eberhardt Home (approx. Ό mile away); German Evangelical Church (approx. Ό mile away); Sheridan Drive (approx. 0.8 miles away); First Railroad (approx. 0.9 miles away); Tonawanda Rails to Trails (approx. 0.9 miles away); Town of Tonawanda Veterans Memorial (approx. one mile away); Burial Land Since 1816 (approx. 1.1 miles away).
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Photographed by Bradley Owen, April 20, 2025
2. "Fountain of Memories" Marker
Credits. This page was last revised on April 21, 2025. It was originally submitted on April 21, 2025, by Bradley Owen of Morgantown, West Virginia. This page has been viewed 103 times since then and 10 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on April 21, 2025, by Bradley Owen of Morgantown, West Virginia.
