Lt. Frank McConnell Park
94 Ave., Atlantic Ave. bet. Leffers Blvd. and 120 St.
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This park is named in honor of Lieutenant Frank McConnell (1896-1918), the first Richmond Hill resident killed in World War I. A star member of the Princeton crew team, McConnell was killed on July 26, 1918 in northern France during the Second Battle of the Marne.
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