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Woodlawn Heights War Memorial
- Location: E. 238th St, Oneida Avenue
- Description: Pedestal topped with ball and eagle, and 4 plaques
- Materials: Bronze, Stony Creek granite
- Dedicated: July 4, 1925
- Donor: Woodlawn Hieghts Taxpayers & Community Association
- Inscription: THIS MONUMENT IS ERECTED / IN HONOR OF / THE MEN OF WOODLAWN HEIGHTS / WHO SERVED OUR COUNTRY / IN THE WORLD WAR / 1917-1919 / THOSE WHO MADE THE SUPREME SACRIFICE / HOWARD F. BUSE / ALVAH E. KENNEDY / ALBERT LANZER / F.X. LYNCH / GEORGE MARTIN / JARVIS P. ROGERS / HERMAN H. SCHERR / WALTER E. WILHELM / DEDICATED JULY 4, 1925 / CONCEIVED AND ERECTED BY THE WOODLAWN HEIGHTS / TAXPAYERS AND COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION WITH THE / ASSISTANCE OF THE PEOPLE OF WOODLAWN. /
3 plaques with list of names.
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For more information, please contact Art & Antiquities at (212) 360-8163
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