Front Park Peace Memorial - Buffalo, NY, USA
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Rayman
N 42° 54.121 W 078° 53.787
17T E 671731 N 4752080
A small granite memorial located at the foot of the Peace Bridge to Canada telling of the longstanding friendship between the two countries.
Waymark Code: WM70R1
Location: New York, United States
Date Posted: 08/15/2009
Views: 6
In the median of the access road to the Peace Bridge to Canada sits a small rough-cut granite memorial. This access road travels through Front Park.
It was dedicated July 1, 1939 by numerous Kiwanis Clubs from both the United States and Canada. Those clubs are: Batavia, Brockport, Buffalo, Dunkirk-Fredonia, East Aurora, Gowanda, Jamestown, Kenmore, Lockport, Niagara Falls, Olean, Rochester, Silver Creek, South Buffalo, Tonawandas, Warsaw, Guelph, Hamilton, Niagara Falls, Owen Sound, Riverdale-Toronto, St. Catherines, Thorold, Toronto, and West Toronto.
Text on Monument/Memorial Sign or Plaque:
This unfortified boundary line between the Dominion of Canada and the United States of America should quicken the remembrance of the more than a century old friendship between these countries. A lesson of peace to all nations.
Website about the Peace Monument/Memorial: Not listed
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