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Newfane in Niagara County, New York — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)
 

In Memory of Those Who for Their Splendid Spirit of Duty

 
 
Town of Newfane WWI Memorial image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Anton Schwarzmueller, April 29, 2015
1. Town of Newfane WWI Memorial
Inscription.
1914 World War 1918
This tablet erected by
Newfane Post 873
In memory of those who for their splendid
spirit of duty and patriotism
were chosen from this township
to serve the
Allied cause
Aiken, Bryan · Allen, Frank · Andrews, Fred D.· Baldwin, Guy · Beebe, Clyde · Bidleman, Ralph · Bixler, Clayton · Bobzein, William · Borthwick, Thomas · Bradley, Elwin · Brandt, Albert · Brown, Earl · Brown, Elwood · Brown, George · Brown, Lloyd ⋆ · Brust, Louis J.· Campbell, Alexander · Cancilla, Frank · Carmer, Charles S.⋆· Carmer, Oliver · Carmer, William · Clark, A.C.· Corwin, Elsworth ·Corwin, Elwood · Cozzens, Elwin · Crossman, J.S.· Culverwell, Preston · Dietz, Raymond · Dockstader, Payne · Dincan, Elmer · Enderton, Stanley · Fallon, Fred ⋆· Flagler, Morse · Geiger, Clarence · Goldpenny, Frank · Goodenough, Percy · Goodridge, Homer K.· Grady, Hugh · Halsted, Everett · Halsted, Leavitt · Hayden, Carl · Hamminga, Egbert · Hill, Harold · Hillman, Charles · Jesson, Leon R.· Klein, Harry L.· Klein, Francis C.· Kurth, Stanley E.⋆· Larkin, William · Larkin, Joseph P.· LaFever, Roy · Lawton, Lynn S.· Linderman, Alfred · Logan, Claude · Lyns, Charles · Marton, Stanley · McClew, Irving · McGuire, Raphael · McKnight, Charles · Mittlestadt, Alfred · Mount, Harry B.⋆· Munger,
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Raymond · Newell, Ray · Nye, Van C.· Nicholls, H. Lawford · Outwater, DeLisle · Outwater, Leland · Parker, Harold · Parker, Ralph · Patterson, Elmer · Pickett, Fred R.· Pickett, Ralph S.· Preston, Thomas · Richards, Phillip · Robinson, James ⋆· Ruf, Henry · Sahr, George · Schweigert, Harold · Searle, Leon · Sennett, Edward M.· Sharp, Harold · Shaw, Cleland · Shaw, Elsworth · Shaw, Sylvester E.⋆· Shaver, Herbert · Shelley, R. Wilson · Smoth, Raymond · Snell, Howard · Stone, Albert · Staffingler, Charles · Swigert, Harry · Swigert, Howard · Taylor, Harold · Taylor, Ronald ⋆· Tompkins, Elton A.· Tompkins, Howard · Tyler, Bryant · Volschow, Herman · Williams, Mabel · Wilson, Clifford · Wilson, Elwood · Wilkins, Alfred L.· Wright, Edward · Wyman, Alonzo ⋆· Yingling, Vincent L.⋆· Ziehl, George A.⋆
 
Erected by American Legion Newfane Post 873.
 
Topics. This memorial is listed in this topic list: War, World I.
 
Location. 43° 20.323′ N, 78° 42.764′ W. Memorial is in Newfane, New York, in Niagara County. It is on Franklin Street 0.1 miles north of East Main Street, on the right when traveling north. Memorial is along the northwest edge of Krull Park, in the lakeside hamlet of Olcott, also called Olcott Beach. Touch for map. Memorial is in this post office area: Olcott NY 14126, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in Upstate New York, specifically in Western New York, and in the Buffalo Metropolitan Area. 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.
Northward image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Anton Schwarzmueller, April 29, 2015
2. Northward
Lake Ontario in background.
At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Olcott Beach Hotel (within shouting distance of this marker); Mike Rann (within shouting distance of this marker); Olcott Beach (within shouting distance of this marker); Tom Kelly Rustic Theatre (within shouting distance of this marker); Olcott Amusement Park (within shouting distance of this marker); Kiddie Whistle Pig Ferris Wheel (within shouting distance of this marker); One Country and One Flag (about 600 feet away, measured in a direct line); Lakeview (approx. 0.4 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Newfane.
 
Southward image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Anton Schwarzmueller, April 29, 2015
3. Southward
Town of Newfane WWI Memorial image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Anton Schwarzmueller, April 29, 2015
4. Town of Newfane WWI Memorial
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on June 16, 2016. It was originally submitted on May 7, 2015, by Anton Schwarzmueller of Wilson, New York. This page has been viewed 691 times since then and 11 times this year. Photos:   1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on May 7, 2015, by Anton Schwarzmueller of Wilson, New York.
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