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South Side Middle School World War I Memorial

 
 
South Side Middle School World War I Memorial Marker, West End image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Ian Lefkowitz, October 15, 2025
1. South Side Middle School World War I Memorial Marker, West End
Inscription. West End:

This building erected by the people of Rockville Centre is a memorial to the members of the community who served with the Armed Forces of the United States in the World War
1917–1918

East End:

In Memoriam
James Donato • Harold Laselle Fiske • Milton Griesbach • Daniel H Johnson • Louis Elmer Langdon • Winona Caroline Martin • Edwin William Miller • Francisco Mollisse • Joseph Maria Murphy • Denis Herbert O'Dowd • Warren Wartman Stein

They made the supreme sacrifice in the World War 1917–1918 and Rockville Centre keeps them in undying remembrance
 
Topics. This memorial is listed in this topic list: War, World I.
 
Location. 40° 39.719′ N, 73° 38.616′ W. Memorial is in Rockville Centre, New York, in Nassau County. It is on Hillside Avenue west of Burtis Avenue. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 67 Hillside Avenue, Rockville Centre NY 11570, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in the New York City Metropolitan Area and on Long Island. It is also in the American Northeast 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 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: Rockville Centre World War I Memorial (approx. 0.2 miles away); 30 Pounder Parrott Gun (approx. 0.2 miles away); South Side (approx. 0.2 miles away); DeMott Millstone (approx. 0.2 miles away); John Michael Ahern (approx. 0.2 miles away); St. Agnes World War II Memorial (approx. Ό mile away); Saint Agnes (approx. Ό mile away); Anvil (approx. Ό mile away). Touch for a list and map
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South Side Middle School World War I Memorial Marker, East End image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Ian Lefkowitz, October 15, 2025
2. South Side Middle School World War I Memorial Marker, East End
South Side Middle School, West End image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Ian Lefkowitz, October 15, 2025
3. South Side Middle School, West End
South Side Middle School East End image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Ian Lefkowitz, October 15, 2025
4. South Side Middle School East End
South Side Middle School Entrance image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Ian Lefkowitz, October 15, 2025
5. South Side Middle School Entrance
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on October 21, 2025. It was originally submitted on October 18, 2025, by Ian Lefkowitz of New York, New York. This page has been viewed 62 times since then and 32 times this year. Photos:   1, 2, 3, 4, 5. submitted on October 18, 2025, by Ian Lefkowitz of New York, New York. • Andrew Ruppenstein was the editor who published this page.
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