Archive Record
Metadata
Title |
Hero Park Collection |
Collection Name |
Hero Park Collection |
Date |
ca. 1920 |
Description |
Small collection of items related to the dedication of Hero Park in Tompkinsville, Staten Island. Collection contains: 7 vintage photos, 2 pieces of correspondence, a telegram from Theodore Roosevelt, a newspaper clipping from the New York Tribune describing the dedication, and "Stenographic Report of the Dedication of Hero Park, on Decoration Day, Monday, May 31, 1920," containing transcriptions of the speeches presented at the dedication. The vintage photographs show views of the park, the stone memorial, and evergreen trees with a United States flag and a plaque near each tree. The correspondence includes two letters, one from New York Governor Alfred E. Smith and one from C.W. Berry, Adjutant General of New York, both addressed to Judge J. Harry Tiernan. The "Stenographic Report of the Dedication of Hero Park" 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. (This is a collection-level overview description of an archival collection. See item records of the same collection for additional information.) |
Biography and History |
Hero Park was dedicated May 31, 1920. A stone monument in the park holds a bronze plaque with the 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" and a second plaque with 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 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 |
3 folders |
Acquisition |
Gift of Cindy Buck Ewing |
Catalog Number |
MS245.000 |
Object Name |
Records |
Archival Description Level |
Fonds |
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. |
Child Records |
[Hero Park] [Hero Park] [Hero Park] [Hero Park] [Memorial plaque in Hero Park] [Boulder with memorial plaque in Hero Park] [Boulder with memorial plaque in Hero Park] [Telegram from Theodore Roosevelt] [Letter from Alfred E. Smith] Stenographic Report of the Dedication of Hero Park [Newspaper clipping] |