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Edgewater Vietnam Veterans Monument

 
 
Edgewater Vietnam Veterans Monument image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Michael Herrick, December 11, 2010
1. Edgewater Vietnam Veterans Monument
Inscription.
Lest We Forget
This Memorial
Is Dedicated To
The Residents
Of The Borough
Of Edgewater
Who Served
In Defense Of
Our Country
During The
Period Of The
Southeast
Asian Conflict
May 28, 1973

In Memory Of
Edward Breen • Timothy Daly • Kevin Kennedy • Eugene O'Connell • Thomas Schiess

 
Erected 1973.
 
Topics. This historical marker and monument is listed in this topic list: War, Vietnam. A significant historical month for this entry is May 1983.
 
Location. 40° 49.973′ N, 73° 58.182′ W. Marker is in Edgewater, New Jersey, in Bergen County. It can be reached from River Road near Glenwood Avenue, on the left when traveling south. Located in Veterans Field. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Edgewater NJ 07020, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker and monument is in New Jersey’s North Jersey, in Greater Newark, and in the New York City Metropolitan Area. 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: Tsunesaburo Makiguchi (about 500 feet away, measured in a direct line); For Whom The Bell Tolls (about 600 feet away); Edgewater World War II Memorial (about 600 feet away); Vriessendael (about 700 feet away); Edgewater World War I Monument (approx. 0.3 miles away); Christopher Columbus Memorial Plaza
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(approx. half a mile away); Palisades Amusement Park (approx. 0.7 miles away); Burdett's Landing (approx. Ύ mile away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Edgewater.
 
Edgewater Vietnam Veterans Monument image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Michael Herrick, December 11, 2010
2. Edgewater Vietnam Veterans Monument
Marker in Front image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Michael Herrick, December 11, 2010
3. Marker in Front
Thomas C. Schiess
Coach Lions Club Team
1968 1969
Edgewater Little League

[ bronze plaque ]
In Memory Of
Thomas C. Schiess
Who Died While In The
Service Of Our Country
October 1970
Presented By
Edgewater Little League
Edgewater Vietnam Veterans Monument image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Michael Herrick, December 11, 2010
4. Edgewater Vietnam Veterans Monument
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on June 16, 2016. It was originally submitted on December 13, 2010, by Michael Herrick of Southbury, Connecticut. This page has been viewed 1,104 times since then and 25 times this year. Photos:   1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on December 13, 2010, by Michael Herrick of Southbury, Connecticut.
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