Riverside in Buffalo in Erie County, New York — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)

Erected by the Grateful People

WWI Memorial - 21st Ward of Buffalo image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Anton Schwarzmueller, January 17, 2015

1. WWI Memorial - 21st Ward of Buffalo

This area of Buffalo is "Riverside".

Inscription. Erected by
the grateful people of
the 21st Ward
in memory of
these, our heroes, who gave
their lives for our country
and in honor of
our soldiers and sailors
in the
World War

Emil D.M. Ailing ∙ Frederick Ailing ∙ Daniel W. Bugman ∙ James J. Burns ∙ Stanley Caplo ∙ SGT. Elmer W. Dane ∙ William J. Finn ∙ John A. Fox ∙ SGT. Walter E. Gies ∙ Walenty Grabowski ∙ Corp. Elmer Hourt ∙ Roy House ∙ Bert Johnson ∙ Joseph E. Kayes ∙ Henry S. Killeen ∙ John Klamka ∙ Wincenty Konopko ∙ Earl N. Liebler ∙ Fred W. Loder ∙ Jan Nabruch ∙ Max O. Naegely ∙ Andrew Niemiec ∙ Michael Nowak ∙ Joseph Plewa ∙ Edward L. Raymond ∙ William E. Sawyer ∙ Frank A. Schenk ∙ Stanislaus Sitarski ∙ Paul Sokol ∙ Archie Sommer ∙ Philip Stack ∙ George E. Stein ∙ Cyril F. Tucker ∙ SGT. William J. Umiker ∙ Edwin G. Vogt ∙ John Walasek ∙ Marcus G. Wald ∙ George B. Wilhelm ∙ Stephen Woos

Unveiled November 11, 1922

Erected 1922 by People of the 21st Ward of Buffalo.

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

Location.

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42° 57.361′ N, 78° 54.653′ W. Memorial is in Buffalo, New York, in Erie County. It is in Riverside. It is at the intersection of Niagara Street (New York State Route 266) and Hotaling Drive, on the right when traveling north on Niagara Street. Memorial is in Riverside Park, facing Niagara Street, south of the intersection. Touch for map. Memorial is in this post office area: Buffalo NY 14207, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in Upstate New York

and specifically in Western New York.

It is also in the American Northeast,

on the Great Lakes,

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 the Viceroyalty of New France,

the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy,

New Netherland,

and one of the original Thirteen Colonies.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 2 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Park with a View (within shouting distance of this marker); In Memory of the Sons and Daughters (about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line); Bernard G. Hitro Jr. (approx. ¼ mile away); Hunting and Fishing off the Porch (approx. 0.6 miles away); Niagara River Corridor / Avian Walk (approx. 0.6 miles away); The Niagara River (approx. ¾ mile away); Tow Path Park (approx. 1.1 miles away); The Fenian Invasion of 1866 (approx. 1.1 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Buffalo.

Another marker is no longer nearby. "The Black Rock" (was approx. ¾ mile away but has been confirmed missing).

Northward - Niagara Street image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Anton Schwarzmueller, January 17, 2015

2. Northward - Niagara Street

Niagara Street is to the left.

Southward - Niagara Street image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Anton Schwarzmueller, January 17, 2015

3. Southward - Niagara Street

To the right is Niagara Street, a pedestrian overpass of Interstate 190, and the Niagara River.

WWI Memorial Riverside Park image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Anton Schwarzmueller, January 17, 2015

4. WWI Memorial Riverside Park

Hotaling Drive behind memorial.

Credits. This page was last revised on February 16, 2023. It was originally submitted on January 23, 2015, by Anton Schwarzmueller of Wilson, New York. This page has been viewed 627 times since then and 10 times this year. Last updated on January 23, 2015, by J. Makali Bruton of Washington, District of Columbia. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on January 23, 2015, by Anton Schwarzmueller of Wilson, New York. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.