Kennedy in Chautauqua County, New York — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)
1917 ☆ 1918
Photographed by Cosmos Mariner, June 11, 2021
1. World War I Memorial
Dedicated to the men from the town of Poland who served in the World War
Erected by American Legion.
Topics. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: Patriots & Patriotism • War, World I.
Location. 42° 9.317′ N, 79° 5.939′ W. Memorial is in Kennedy, New York, in Chautauqua County. It can be reached from Cemetery Street 0.1 miles east of Frewsburg Road (U.S. 62). The memorial is located near the east side of Riverside Cemetery. Touch for map. Memorial is in this post office area: Kennedy NY 14747, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this memorial is in Upstate New York, specifically in Western New York, and in the Southern Tier. It is also in the American Northeast, on the Great Lakes, in the Mid-Atlantic, in Appalachia, and specifically in Northern Appalachia. 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 Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy, New Netherland, and one of the original Thirteen
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Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 7 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Kennedy Mills (about 800 feet away, measured in a direct line); Evelynn M. Crandall (approx. 0.2 miles away); Duty Honor Country (approx. Ό mile away); Gertrude A. Williams (approx. Ό mile away); Memorial (approx. 4.3 miles away); Pioneer Settlers (approx. 5.8 miles away); Dow Library (approx. 6.3 miles away); Original Randolph Free Library (approx. 6.3 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Kennedy.
Also see . . .
1. Riverside Cemetery (Find A Grave).
(Kennedy, Chautauqua County, New York, USA)(Submitted on October 17, 2025, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida.)
2. Kennedy, New York (Wikipedia).
Excerpt: Kennedy is a hamlet and census-designated place in the northeastern part of the town of Poland in Chautauqua County, New York. From 18051841, the hamlet was known as Kennedy Mills, in honor of Thomas Ruston Kennedy, the founder of the local mills. The name was changed in 1841 to Kennedyville. Eleven years later, the name changed again, this time to Falconer(Submitted on October 17, 2025, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida.)in honor of Robert and William Falconer. In 1860, on the request of an Erie Railroad official, the hamlet became Kennedy.Photographed by Cosmos Mariner, June 11, 20212. World War I Memorial
Credits. This page was last revised on October 17, 2025. It was originally submitted on October 16, 2025, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida. This page has been viewed 59 times since then and 21 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on October 17, 2025, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida.
