subject: Massachusetts History World War

 

Fire fighters' memorial, Lakeside Cemetery, Wakefield, Mass. [picture]

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  • – Photos show views of the granite memorial with a bronze plaque listing Wakefield's firefighters who have died. The monument is located near the chapel at the entrance to Lakeside Cemetery on North Avenue. Photos taken at 1:00 p.m. on Sunday, October 21, 2007.
  • – "Facing the enemy - In tribute to the Wakefield fire fighters who have served and to those who have made the supreme sacrifice." - text from east (front) side of monument.
  • – Two stones set in the ground bear the inscriptions "Malcolm W. Burke, PFC U.S. Army, World War II, 1925-1979" and "Charles W. Frost 'Charlie' Jan. 22, 1914 - June 23, 1999".
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  • – 2007-12-21T21:21:15Z
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  • – Wakefield, Mass. Pictorial works.
  • – Monuments.
  • – History World War, 1914-1918 Monuments.
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World War I memorial, Wakefield, Mass. [picture]

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  • – Photos show views of the granite memorial with a bronze plaque listing Wakefield's casualties in the Great War. The monument is located near the south end of the Upper Common. Photos taken at 10:30 a.m. on Tuesday, September 18, 2007.
  • – "Peace to the honor and glory of victory, 1914-1919, The men and women of Wakefield who served in the World War and in memory of these who made the supreme sacrifice: Robert Baker, Herbert E. Biggs, John C. Brockbank, Joseph Buckley, John T. Burns, William M. Cartland, Paul Cartwright, Nicola De Felice, John P. Donegan, John P. Duggan, Edward M. Fay, Crowell G. Fish, Michael Gibbons, Robert H. Gibbs, Alvin W. Gordon, Henry A. Heningar, Ambrose Hughes, Bert L. Johnson, George W. Killorin, Jr., Clark R. Lincoln, James Martino, Andrew P. McLaughlin, Edward S. Merrill, Richard P. Merrill, Henry Nacella, Harry E. Nelson, Patrick Neville, Erland F. Norton, Albert Ray Townley " - text from south (front) side of monument.
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  • – 2007-12-21T21:21:21Z
  • – 2007-12-21T21:21:21Z
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publishercreatorcoverage
  • – Wakefield, Mass. Pictorial works.
  • – History World War, 1914-1918 Monuments.
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  • – multiple URL identifiers

World War II Monument, Wakefield, Mass. [picture]

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  • – Photos show views of the World War Two Memorial on the Common approximately opposite Park Street, financed by citizens' donations to commemorate Wakefield's casualties. The monument was sponsored by the Corporal Harry E. Nelson Post 63, American Legion, and designed by John H. Rogers. Photos taken in winter 2007.
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  • – 2007-12-21T21:21:22Z
  • – 2007-12-21T21:21:22Z
  • – 2007].
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publishercreatorcoverage
  • – Wakefield, Mass. Pictorial works.
  • – History World War, 1939-1945 Monuments.
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  • – multiple URL identifiers

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