Veterans Memorial, (sculpture). -Vestal, NY
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N 42° 05.120 W 076° 03.238
18T E 412829 N 4659788
War Memorial for Many Wars
Waymark Code: WMMV0P
Location: New York, United States
Date Posted: 11/06/2014
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From town website: "Four Corners Park, named for its location. The name was changed to Memorial Park. This park developed when the highway configuration changed from a five-corner configuration which at the time was formed by what was then State Route 17, North Main Street, South Main Street and Front Street meeting at the same point. This was considered a dangerous traffic hazard, and so Front Street was changed to meet Main Street at its present location. This change created a four corner intersection, forming a triangular piece of land with no apparent usage, other than to make a park area. In 1970, then Supervisor Joe B. Munk approached the district engineer of the State Highway Department, with a request for permission to let the Town of Vestal develop this ‘island’. The Town would operate and maintain it as a park, giving it its name.
Memorial Park is now used for memorial services, summer band concerts, weddings and a meeting place. "
On base, northwest side:) 1952/EVERLASTING GRATITUDE/FROM THE PEOPLE OF VESTAL TO/THEIR SERVICEMEN AND WOMEN WHO/SERVED, GAVE THEIR LIVES, AND/CARRIED THE TORCH OF FREEDOM./WORLD WAR II DEAD/(22 names)/KOREAN WAR DEAD/(1 name) (On base, southeast side:) VIETNAM/(3 names) GLOBAL WAR ON TERROR (1 name)
TITLE: Veterans Memorial, (sculpture).
ARTIST(S): unknown
DATE: 1952
MEDIUM: polished pink marble
CONTROL NUMBER: IAS NY001802
Direct Link to the Individual Listing in the Smithsonian Art Inventory: [Web Link]
PHYSICAL LOCATION:
A park at the corners of 434 (Vestal Parkway), Main Street, and Front Street in Vestal, New York. The place is referred to as four corners. (Sometimes called five corners).
DIFFERENCES NOTED BETWEEN THE INVENTORY LISTING AND YOUR OBSERVATIONS AND RESEARCH:
The Global War on Terror has been added with one name.
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