The Ultimate Sacrifice Monument - Atlantic City, NJ, USA
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N 39° 21.115 W 074° 27.155
18S E 547166 N 4355973
This mounument is to hoonor and remember all of those who gave thier lives during our nation's conflicts.
Waymark Code: WMDE9M
Location: New Jersey, United States
Date Posted: 01/02/2012
Views: 7
The monument is located in a plaza at the far northern edge of O'Donnell Memorial Park. There are sveral covered park benches to allow time to sit and rest or ponder the how the lives of these people that were given for our nation has impacted our own lives.
Type of Memorial: Multi-War Memorial
Wars mentioned (Multi-war only):
World War I
World War II
Korea
Vietnam
In Honor Of: Neighbors Who Made the Ultimate Sacrifice
Marker Text:
In Loving Memory of our
Friends Relatives and Neighbors
Who have made
The Ultimate Sacrifice
So we may continue
To enjoy Freedom
and a Democracy
Commissioner Edmund Colanzi
1981
Date of dedication: 1981
Who Put it Here?: Atlantic City Citizens
Description of Memorial:
The monument is actually 3 monuments in the center of a circular plaza. The monument whose text is noted in the description is the tall central monument. The 2 smaller side monuments have listed the names of those citizens from Atlantic City that have died serving our country in various wars. The monuments are made of a grey stone.
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