Sunset Park
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Sunset Park Memorial
- Location: Between playground and chess tables
- Description: Inscribed granite marker
- Materials: granite
- Dimensions: Upper: 42.5" Wide, 38" Tall, 12" Deep; Base: approx 20" Deep, 52" Wide, 12" Tall
- Inscription: THEY SHALL EVER BE REMEMBERED / FOR THEIR GLORIFIED SERVICE / TO GOD AND COUNTRY / IN MEMORIAM / TO THOSE OF THIS COMMUNITY / WHO MADE THE SUPREME SACRIFICE / DURING THE GREAT WAR FOR CIVILIZATION / 1917 - 1919 / ERECTED BY THE / SEVENTH ASSEMBLY DISTRICT DEMOCRATIC ORGANIZATION / WILLIAM J. HEFFERMAN & AGNES LEONARD WARD / EXECUTIVE MEMBERS
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