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Gus Stanley Memorial

  • Description: Tablet on plinth
  • Materials: Bronze, Barre granite
  • Dedicated: Rededicated 1953
  • Donor: Gift
  • Inscription: THE GUS STANLEY MEMORIAL/
    THESE TWO TREES PLANTED AND DEDICATED / BY THEIR FRIENDS AND
    NEIGHBORS / TO THE MEMORY OF / THE FOLLOWING MEN OF 180 STREET
    WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN WORLD WAR II
    WOODWARD W. CRAWFORD MILTON G. STATHIS/
    COSTAS LEKANIDES ANDREW G. SUMAKIS/
    OLIVER LEON CHARLES WEINSTEIN/
    STEPHEN OLANCIN EDWARD S. SCHMELZER JR./
    VITO A. SCARINGI JOHN WILLIAMS/

    SIZE:TABLET: 1'H X 1'8", PLINTH 1'5"H X 2'1"W X 2 1/2"D

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