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Nyack in Rockland County, New York — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)
 

Memorial Park

July 26, 1920

 
 
Memorial Park Marker image. Click for full size.
The Historical Society of Rockland County, May 28, 2001
1. Memorial Park Marker
Inscription. This park was deeded to the Village by the Tappan Zee Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Park Association in 1935. The 9 trees around the perimeter of the Park are in memory of the 9 Nyack families whose sons were killed in World War I.

Charles R. Blauvelt • Raymond O. Blauvelt • Conrad Crawford • William H. Gardner • Charles A. Gernand • Samuel Hyman • John Ingalls • Paul Leggett • Haliday S. Smith • Goelet Tiffany

Owned from 1732 by the DePew family, the land contained many of the village's earliest docks, boatyards, market sloops, sandstone quarries and factories.
 
Erected by The Historical Society of Rockland County.
 
Topics. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: Colonial EraWar, World I.
 
Location. 41° 5.333′ N, 73° 55.043′ W. Memorial is in Nyack, New York, in Rockland County. It is on Nyack Memorial Park, Piermont near DePew Ave.. Touch for map. Memorial is in this post office area: Nyack NY 10960, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in the Hudson Valley 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: Bench by the Road: Cynthia Hesdra (within shouting distance of this marker); Nyack Library (about 400 feet away, measured in a direct line); Couch Court (about 400 feet away); Nyack First Settlement

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(about 500 feet away); First Reformed Church of Nyack (about 600 feet away); Capt. John Green (about 700 feet away); Carson McCullers (approx. Ό mile away); Hopper House (approx. 0.3 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Nyack.
 
More about this memorial. C. R. & R. O. Blauvelt Post 310, Nyack, sponsor
 
Memorial Park Parade image. Click for full size.
The Historical Society of Rockland County
2. Memorial Park Parade
Memorial Park Marker image. Click for full size.
The Historical Society of Rockland County
3. Memorial Park Marker
Memorial Park Parade image. Click for full size.
The Historical Society of Rockland County, May 28, 2001
4. Memorial Park Parade
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on June 16, 2016. It was originally submitted on June 3, 2015, by The Historical Society of Rockland County of New City, New York. This page has been viewed 793 times since then and 29 times this year. Photos:   1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on June 4, 2015, by The Historical Society of Rockland County of New City, New York. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.
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Jun. 11, 2026