Hempstead in Nassau County, New York — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)

Hempstead Veterans Memorial

Photographed by Ian Lefkowitz, November 1, 2025

1. Hempstead Veterans Memorial

Inscription.

Hempstead Veterans Memorial. . Kennedy Memorial Park. Conceived, made and maintained by the village of Hempstead as a grateful tribute to the men and women of the village who served their country in the first and second world wars, and as an enduring living memorial to those among them whose names are here inscribed, who “gave their last full measure of devotion” for the cause of human freedom., Charles H. Abrams, Jr. . Jerome K. Ash . Joseph Baclawski . John E. Bailey . Richard E. Beck . Marshall H. Bell . Edward Brothers . Walter J. Campbell . Calegario Candela . William B. Carll, Jr. . Arthur L. Cheshire . Calvin Chipperfield . Gerardus Clowes . Eugene F. Conners . John DaSilva . Stephen Dluginsky . Edward C. Fagan . Magdaline H. Ficken . Thomas G. Flynn . Edward G. Franklin . Chester C. Dlugokencky, Thomas Garry . William G. Gates . Walter J. Geiser . Arthur Gerhardt . Luther V. Griffin . Daniel H. Grisman . Alfred K. Guarino . Harry Gunther . Bond M. Hall . Harold Hartten . Thor Haug . Sidney Helyer . John E. Heuer . John Higgins . John C. Hillman . Donald Hulick . Daniel R. Junk . William S. Kimball . Harold Koopman . Preston Kurth . Edward G. Dosch, Johann Laemmerzahl . James H. Laurie . John M. Leighton . Frank J. Leist . Adolphe Levinson . Harry Lowe . William A. Lowe . Roland A. Luther . Hugh MacAlister . John E. Mahler . Anthony Martiello . Charles H. Martin . Joseph Matalone . Donald E. McCafferty . Andrew McCoun . Brian M. McCree . Ernest E. Mintz . Robert Mulgannon . Dwight L. Mulliner . Lincoln P. Murphy . Conrad Hoerman, Jr., Alfred R. Noon . Eamon J. O’Brien . Robert O’Leary . Herbert E. Orange . Charles J. Pearson, Jr. . Nil G. Pearson . Charles Peters . Robert G. Place . Arthur Plate . John Puglist . Robert Richter . James W. Rogers . Marshall H. Ross . Wendell L. Russell . George E. Schaefer . John H. Schaefer . Francis J. Seibel . John Seidenberg . Everett E. Shaw . John P. Simpson . John L. Hansen, Melvin T. Smith . Robert H. Smith . James Smollen . James A. Solen . Albert R. Stenzel . Lewis Stevens . Gerard E. Streater . Harry Stuart . Gerard J. Tew . Richard E. Thommen . Joseph Tupkelwicz . Calvin Valentine . Jay Veroneaux . M. J. Walsh . Robert Warner . George A. Whelan . Dana D. Whipple, Jr. . Hugh C. Wilson . Henry F. Wozenski . Cyril Young . Roger W. Gray, This park is dedicated to the happiness, health, and welfare of all the people of the village without regard to age, race, color, or creed, as a place for the enjoyment of physical and intellectual recreation, of neighborliness, and of friendly social contact, and as a place for the development of good American citizens., ( left panel ) Forever Honored Johnny Harrison . Glennis R. Kellams . William R. Larkin . John Evans, Jr. . Jon King, ( right panel ) Forever Mourned Robert S. Liszcz . L. Harold Mason, Jr. . Alain J. Tremblay . Donald Larue, Jr. . Alvin Toombs, Jr.

Kennedy Memorial Park Conceived, made and maintained by the village of Hempstead as a grateful tribute to the men and women of the village who served their country in the first and second world wars, and as an enduring living memorial to those among them whose names are here inscribed, who “gave their last full measure of devotion” for the cause of human freedom.

Charles H. Abrams, Jr. • Jerome K. Ash • Joseph Baclawski • John E. Bailey • Richard E. Beck • Marshall H. Bell • Edward Brothers • Walter J. Campbell • Calegario Candela • William B. Carll, Jr. • Arthur L. Cheshire • Calvin Chipperfield • Gerardus Clowes • Eugene F. Conners • John DaSilva • Stephen Dluginsky • Edward C. Fagan • Magdaline H. Ficken • Thomas G. Flynn • Edward G. Franklin • Chester C. Dlugokencky

Thomas Garry • William G. Gates • Walter J. Geiser • Arthur Gerhardt • Luther V. Griffin • Daniel H. Grisman • Alfred K. Guarino • Harry Gunther • Bond M. Hall • Harold Hartten • Thor Haug • Sidney Helyer • John E. Heuer • John Higgins • John C. Hillman • Donald Hulick • Daniel R. Junk • William S. Kimball • Harold Koopman • Preston Kurth • Edward G. Dosch

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Laemmerzahl • James H. Laurie • John M. Leighton • Frank J. Leist • Adolphe Levinson • Harry Lowe • William A. Lowe • Roland A. Luther • Hugh MacAlister • John E. Mahler • Anthony Martiello • Charles H. Martin • Joseph Matalone • Donald E. McCafferty • Andrew McCoun • Brian M. McCree • Ernest E. Mintz • Robert Mulgannon • Dwight L. Mulliner • Lincoln P. Murphy • Conrad Hoerman, Jr.

Alfred R. Noon • Eamon J. O’Brien • Robert O’Leary • Herbert E. Orange • Charles J. Pearson, Jr. • Nil G. Pearson • Charles Peters • Robert G. Place • Arthur Plate • John Puglist • Robert Richter • James W. Rogers • Marshall H. Ross • Wendell L. Russell • George E. Schaefer • John H. Schaefer • Francis J. Seibel • John Seidenberg • Everett E. Shaw • John P. Simpson • John L. Hansen

Melvin T. Smith • Robert H. Smith • James Smollen • James A. Solen • Albert R. Stenzel • Lewis Stevens • Gerard E. Streater • Harry Stuart • Gerard J. Tew • Richard E. Thommen • Joseph Tupkelwicz • Calvin Valentine • Jay Veroneaux • M. J. Walsh • Robert Warner • George A. Whelan • Dana D. Whipple, Jr. • Hugh C. Wilson • Henry F. Wozenski • Cyril Young • Roger W. Gray

This park is

Photographed by Ian Lefkowitz, November 1, 2025

2. Hempstead Veterans Memorial

dedicated to the happiness, health, and welfare of all the people of the village without regard to age, race, color, or creed, as a place for the enjoyment of physical and intellectual recreation, of neighborliness, and of friendly social contact, and as a place for the development of good American citizens.

( left panel )
Forever Honored
Johnny Harrison • Glennis R. Kellams • William R. Larkin • John Evans, Jr. • Jon King

( right panel )
Forever Mourned
Robert S. Liszcz • L. Harold Mason, Jr. • Alain J. Tremblay • Donald Larue, Jr. • Alvin Toombs, Jr.

Topics. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: War, World I • War, World II.

Location. 40° 41.953′ N, 73° 36.767′ W. Memorial is in Hempstead, New York, in Nassau County. It is at the intersection of Greenwich Street and Oak Avenue, on the right when traveling north on Greenwich Street. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 330 Greenwich St, Hempstead NY 11550, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in the New York City Metropolitan Area

and on Long Island.

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3. Hempstead Veterans Memorial

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: Veterans Memorial Tree (about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line); S/SGT. Alain Tremblay (approx. ¼ mile away); Carman-Irish House (approx. 0.3 miles away); Longman House (approx. half a mile away); Millennium of Poland’s Christianity (approx. 0.6 miles away); Tertio Millenio Adveniente (approx. 0.6 miles away); Casimir Pulaski and Tadeusz Kosciuszko (approx. 0.6 miles away); Hempstead Town Hall (approx. 0.7 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Hempstead.

Photographed by Ian Lefkowitz, November 1, 2025

4. Hempstead Veterans Memorial

( left panel )

Photographed by Ian Lefkowitz, November 1, 2025

5. Hempstead Veterans Memorial

( right panel )

Credits. This page was last revised on November 24, 2025. It was originally submitted on November 16, 2025, by Ian Lefkowitz of New York, New York. This page has been viewed 107 times since then and 84 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. submitted on November 16, 2025, by Ian Lefkowitz of New York, New York. • Michael Herrick was the editor who published this page.