Freedom Hill - Perinton, NY
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N 43° 05.754 W 077° 25.382
18T E 302806 N 4774314
This memorial, sponsored by Post 8495 Perinton Memorial Veterans of Foreign Wars, is a tribute to soldiers, sailors, airmen and marines going back to the Civil War.
Waymark Code: WME8RQ
Location: New York, United States
Date Posted: 04/19/2012
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Freedom Hill Memorial is made up of several engraved stone monuments corresponding to the different branches of the military, a flag pole for each branch of the military, a static aircraft and ground equipment display, and a pair of memorial benches, all paid for with the sale of donation bricks that are laid in a decorative pattern in the space between the flagpoles and the static display.
Bronze dedication plaque text listed below.
First Stone reads "All Gave Some Some Gave All" followed by the names: J. Willrd Brooks, WWI - Orson Treadwell, Civil War Maitland McDonald, WWII - Alexander A Roczen, Vietnam Lewis Price, WWII - Amasa J. Slocum, Civil War Charles Dancy, Civil War - Mario Pomponio, WWII John W. Wilhams, Civil War - Newney Shamon, WWII Oakley Crane, WWII - George Vane, WWII Curtis Vincent, WWII - Belen Bortles, Civil War Charles DeMott, Civil War
The Second Stone reads "Remember Their Sacrifice" followed by the names: Howard I. Shepard,WWI - D. J. Wykott, Civil War Frank Garofano, WWII - Alvin Fassett, Civil War Robert Kramer, WWII - Frederick Leary, WWII Albert P. Lyndon, Civil War - Dextr Sull, Civil War George B. Wiltic, Civil War - Donald Letrois, WWII Arthur Teeter, WWII - Sharick Beson, Civil War Raymond Rugenstein, WWII - David W. Lawrence, Civil War Jeffrey D. Schumacher, Vietname - Jerome B. Fellows, Civil War
The Third Stone reads "Dedicated to those citizens of Perinton who gave their lives in defense of this great nation Memorial Day 2007" followed by the names: Frank M. Beaumont, WWI - Charles E. Moore, Civil War James Gordon Bolton, WWI - Thmas H. Downing, Civil War Rayfield Ames, WWII - Donald Williams, WWII Kenneth Bridges, WWII - Alfred Rinaldo, WWII Larry Baker, Vietnam - Howard Parkison, WWII Gordon Schrader, Korea - Mason Gattny, WWII David C. Jerrells, Civil War - Jesse E. Maurer, WWI
The Fourth Stone reads "Duty - Honor - Country" followedby the names: Stephen Corwin, Civil War - Sylvester Pike, Civil War Asaph Goodell, Civil War - Edwin A. Slocum, Civil War Clifford Brizee, WWII - Marti James Larwood, WWI Joseph Critelli, WWII - Lawrence Hembrock, WWII Horatio Spafford, WWII - Edmund Humphreys, WWII Carl Kishbaug, WWII - Edward Lowner, WWII Erdinand Newman, Civil War - Smith J. Austin, Civil War Wm A. H. Sherman, Civil War - Patrick A. Catun, Korea
And the Fifth Stone reads "Freedom is not Free" followed by the names: Jacob Sherman, Civil War - Donald F. Vincent, Korea Michael Burns, Civil War - Richard L. Bales, Vietnam Murvale F. Butler, WWI - Charles Moore, WWII Patrick O'Neil, Civil War - Gordon Reitz, WWII William Phelan, WWII - John H. Howell, WWI Charles Frontulo, WWII - Guy C. Adams, Civil War Francis Crowley, WWII - Charles Shear, Civil War Wm H. Morrison, Civil War - Paul Humphrey, WWII
Type of Memorial: Multi-War Memorial
Wars mentioned (Multi-war only): Civil War, WW I, WW II, Korea, Vietnam
In Honor Of: "To those who served on land, air and sea to keep this nation always free
Marker Text: Perinton Memorial Post 8495
Freedom Hill
Dedicated Memorial Day May 27, 2002
To those who served on land, air, and sea
to keep this nation always free
Dedicated by Members and Officers
Post Officers:
Peter Swanson - Commander
Bob Gill, Sr - Vice
Don McLean Jr - Vice
Bill Kuhn - Post Advocate
Henry Grupp - Quartermaster
Bab Casselman - Chaplain
Stan Buczkowski - Surgeon
Dane Beddle - Adjutant
Perinton Overseas Veteran's Board:
Jim Schenkel - Pres.
Bob Casselman - Vice Pres.
Steve Coote - Sec.
Stan Buczkowski - Steward
Charles Guino
Peter Swanson
Walter Allen
Bull Kuhn
Babe Wacenske
Dick Van Grol
Bob Gill
(followed by the symbols - in order: Air Force, Army, Coast Guard, Navy, Marine Corps)
Date of dedication: May 27, 2002
Who Put it Here?: Perinton Memorial Post 8495
Description of Memorial: Bronze dedication plaque, and five polished and engraved granite stones, aligned to the flag poles of the five branches of the service.
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