Chicopee Fallen Firefighters Memorial - Chicopee, MA
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neoc1
N 42° 09.388 W 072° 35.044
18T E 699596 N 4669973
A memorial bell and plaques for Chicopee firefighters "who have answered their last alarm are on display in front of the fire department headquarters.
Waymark Code: WME72G
Location: Massachusetts, United States
Date Posted: 04/12/2012
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A bell, cast by the Meneely Company of West Troy, NY in 1897, is suspended above a brick and concrete platform that contains a central plaque explaining the dedication which is flanked by four smaller plaques with the names former Chicopee firefighters.
The central plaque is inscribed:
COMMORATING THE FIREFIGHTERS OF THE
CHICOPEE FIRE DEPARTMENT
WHO HAVE ANSWERED THEIR LAST ALARM
{FIRE DEPARTMENT EMBLEM}
APRIL 2002
WE EXTEND OUR GRATEFUL APPRECIATION TO THOSE
WHO HELPED MAKE THIS MEMORIAL POSSIBLE
HOLY MOTHER OF THE ROSARY CHURCH
LUSSIER INDUSTRIES
AMERICAN LEGION POST 275
MOOSE FAMILY CENTER
RICHARD J. KOS, MAYOR ROBERT J. NUNES, FIRE CHIEF
The names on the individual plaques are:
Joseph Skibinski
1970
William Gynan
1979
Dennis Kusnierz
2000
Richard Schneeweis
2003