Quote from the Gettysburg Address by Abraham Lincoln - Westfield, MA
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neoc1
N 42° 07.360 W 072° 47.117
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A bronze plaque in Stanley Park contains a quote from Abraham Lincoln's Gettysburg Address.
Waymark Code: WMC239
Location: Massachusetts, United States
Date Posted: 07/16/2011
Views: 3
Near the rose garden in Stanley Park there is a bronze plaque depicting bas relief profile bust of Lincoln and a quote from his Gettysburg Address. The plaque is inscribed:
.. and that the government
of the people
for the people
and by the people shall not perish
from the earth.
- Abraham Lincoln
Dedicated July 1952
to
Frank Stanley Beveridge
and
Stanley Park
From
The Springfield Rail-Splitters
Springfield Illinois Branch
Ruth Worley - Manager
Stanley Park is a beautifully maintained park in Westfield. It was endowed to the City of Westfield by Frank Stanley Beveridge founder of Stanley Home Products. It's managed by a Board of Directors
Address:
Stanley Park of Westfield, Inc.
400 Western Avenue
Westfield, MA 01085
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