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Title |
Stenographic Report of the Dedication of Hero Park |
Collection Name |
Hero Park Collection |
Date |
May 1920 |
Description |
This is an individual item contained within archival collection MS245.000, Hero Park Collection. Unbound report on paper, titled "Stenographic Report of the Dedication of Hero Park." This is a 39-page typed document prepared by Thomas Baker, Stenographer, Tompkinsville. It provides texts for addresses given or statements provided by the following people: Monsignor Charles A. Cassidy, Invocation; Hon. William G. Willcox, Chairman; Mayor John C. Hylan, Louis A. Dreyfus, Esq.; Hon. Calvin D. Van Name, Borough President; Hon. Francis D. Gallatin, Park Commissioner; Rev. Dr. Edward A. Dodd; Hon. Montague Lessler; Hon. Florio La Guardia [sic; Fiorello La Guardia], President, Board of Alderman; Dr. Jacob Bienenfeld, Benediction. (Keywords: New York City, Twentieth Century) |
Biography and History |
Hero Park, located in Tompkinsville, Staten Island, was dedicated May 31, 1920. A stone monument in the park holds a bronze plaque with an inscription: "THIS / HERO PARK / AND MEMORIAL / IS LOVINGLY DEDICATED / TO THE MEMORY / OF THE SPLENDID SONS / OF STATEN ISLAND / WHO SO NOBLY / GAVE THEIR LIVES / IN THE WORLD WAR / 1917 -- 1918." A second plaque has a list of names. According to the donor, the items in this collection came from the estate of Ellsworth B. Buck, the donor's uncle. Mr. Buck was a a member of the United States House of Representatives in the 1940s. |
Legal Status |
Items represented here are from the collections of the Staten Island Historical Society. Materials reproduced for personal non-commercial use must credit the Staten Island Historical Society. Commercial licensing is available. |
Physical Extent |
1 item, 10.5" x 8" |
Acquisition |
Gift of Cindy Buck Ewing |
Catalog Number |
14.020.0010 |
Object Name |
Transcript |
Archival Description Level |
Item |
Parent Record |
MS245.000 |
Subjects |
Parks Monuments & memorials World War I |
Earliest Date |
1920 |
Latest Date |
1920 |
Lexicon Sub-category |
Documentary Artifact |
Associated People |
Buck, Ellsworth Brewer Willcox, William Goodenow Van Name, Calvin Decker Lessler, Montague |
Support Acknowledgment |
Online Collections Database record made possible by Barbara Newington, May 2018. |