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Argonne-Marine Memorial Oval Marker map_it

  • Location: Burnett Street and Whitney Avenue
  • Description: Marker
  • Materials: Barre granite (honed finish on face)
  • Dimensions: H: 1'10" W: 2'6" D: 2'
  • Cast: ca. 1971
  • Dedicated: May 30, 1971
  • Donor: Argonne-Marine Park Post No. 107 and Ladies Auxiliary, Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States
  • Inscription: DEDICATED ON MAY 30, 1971 / BY THE ARGONNE MARINE PARK / POST NO. 107 OF THE V.F.W. / AND ITS LADIES AUXILIARY / TO THE MEN AND WOMEN / OF THIS COMMUNITY / WHO GAVE THEIR YESTERDAYS / TO INSURE OUR TOMORROWS. /

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Piping plovers are back at Rockaway Beach to nest through summer! It is important to share the beach with these NYS endangered shorebirds. To help keep the piping plovers and their nesting areas safe, the beach and shoreline from Beach 36th Street to Beach 57th Street is closed to the public.

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