First Panel:
This statue is
dedicated to those
in uniform who served
and continue to serve
our country and
protect its freedom
Second Panel:
World War I
1914 - 1918
The U.S. Military was engaged in WW I
from . . . — — Map (db m99518) HM WM
From 1910 to 1920, an electrified trolley line known as the Babylon Railroad extended from Amityville to Babylon, passing through Copiague along Oak Street to Great Neck Road and then east toward Lindenhurst. — — Map (db m106734) HM
Honoring the Four Heroic Chaplains who gave their life jackets so that four soldiers might live. The S.S. Dorchester was torpedoed February 3, 1943. As it sank, the four were seen linked arm in arm, heads uplifted in prayer.
[The top panel is . . . — — Map (db m98883) HM WM
First built as a wooden schoolhouse in 1911, the Great Neck Road School is the oldest elementary school in the Town of Babylon. Brick extensions were added to the original schoolhouse, in 1925, 1931 and 1954, to accommodate Copiague's growing . . . — — Map (db m98893) HM
Railroad line built 1867
LIRR assumed line by 1876.
First depot 1901 named
Copiague. Failed attempt to
rename Marconiville 1920s. — — Map (db m126110) HM
On this spot stood the
Zebulon Ketcham
homestead wherein
President Washington
dined, April 21, 1790,
while touring Long Island.
Razed in 1857. — — Map (db m252216) HM
