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 Dryden Flagpole - Dryden, NY Posted by:  ripraff
N 42° 29.450 W 076° 17.846
18T E 393378 N 4705090
This flagpole has two plaques, one a world War II plaque and the other for "all men and women who served our great nation in times of need."
Waymark Code: WMQQRM
Location: New York, United States
Date Posted: 03/20/2016
Views: 2
Type of Memorial: Multi-War Memorial
Wars mentioned (Multi-war only):
World War II
In Honor Of: all men and women who served our great nation in times of need.
Marker Text:
"1797 Town of Dryden 1997 This memorial is presented to the town of Dryden in celebration of the bicentennial by the Veterans Memorial Home; Leonard T. Spaulding Post #1134, American Legion and Auxiliary; Dryden Township Post #8158, Veterans of Foreign Wars and Auxiliary and the Sons of the American Legion in honor of all men and women who served our great nation in times of need."
"To honor those in the Town of Dryden who served their country in the 2nd World War with the Allied Nations for World Freedom ... Erected by the Dryden Grange No. 1112 1948"
Date of dedication: 1948 and 1997
Who Put it Here?: Dryden Grange No. 1112, Veterans Memorial Home; Leonard T. Spaulding Post #1134, American Legion and Auxiliary; Dryden Township Post #8158, Veterans of Foreign Wars and Auxiliary and the Sons of the American Legion
Description of Memorial:
This is a stone rectangular flagpole base. There are two plaques, on placed in 1948 for World War II veterans, the other in 1997 for all who served. Each face has the emblem of a branch of the armed services.
This is in a town square in the center of Dryden in from of two old churches.
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