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

Their Country Found Them Ready

Photographed by Ian Lefkowitz, April 11, 2026

1. Their Country Found Them Ready Marker

Inscription. Leroy T. Wells • J. Lawrence Ward • James W. Magee • Lyman Dean • George B. Box • Frank H. Britton • Walter F. Husted • George Siems • John W.E. Bodley • Edwin R. Wendler • John Box • Ralph Haven • Joseph K. Hunt • Michael Colangione • George A. Seaman • J. Erwin Fussell • Paul Lang • Joseph Foster • Otto Helwig

★ Bergen R. Seaman • W. Harold Van Tuyl • Lewis E. Ashdown • Russell V. Box • W. Everett Jeffrey • Rudolph Krause • William Nohejl • Grover C.D. Siems • Dunham Norton • Conrad Rogg • Russell Jones • Clarence L. Jackson • Frank A. Link • Corodon Norton, Jr. • Joseph I. Smith • George Soper • Lester B. Weibel • J. Edward Hunt • August Fuhrer

Erected 2019 by The Wantagh Preservation Society.

Topics. This memorial is listed in this topic list: War, World I.

Location. 40° 40.376′ N, 73° 30.482′ W. Memorial is in Wantagh, New York, in Nassau County. It is at the intersection of Railroad Avenue and Station Avenue, on the right when traveling west on Railroad Avenue. The marker is located within Triangle Park. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 3274 Railroad Avenue, Wantagh NY 11793, 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,

in the Mid-Atlantic,

and on the Eastern Seaboard. 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 one mile of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Wantagh (approx. half a mile away); Washington Tour 1790 (approx.

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0.6 miles away); Jackson House (approx. 0.8 miles away); World War II Memorial (approx. one mile away); In Memory of the Men from Bellmore Who Died During the Vietnam War (approx. one mile away); Korean War Memorial (approx. one mile away); In Memory of Those Who Paid the Ultimate Sacrifice (approx. one mile away); In the War for Liberty (approx. one mile away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Wantagh.

Also see . . . Wantagh WWI monument unveiled at Triangle Park (Facebook, Nov. 11, 2019). (Submitted on April 21, 2026, by Ian Lefkowitz of New York, New York.)

World War I Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Ian Lefkowitz, April 11, 2026

2. World War I Marker

The marker is located in Triangle Park, near the Wantagh Long Island Rail Road station.

Credits. This page was last revised on April 21, 2026. It was originally submitted on April 21, 2026, by Ian Lefkowitz of New York, New York. This page has been viewed 13 times since then. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on April 21, 2026, by Ian Lefkowitz of New York, New York. • Andrew Ruppenstein was the editor who published this page.