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Mohegan Lake School - World War MemorialLocated: St Mary’s Episcopal Church 1836 E. Main St, Mohegan Lake, NY 10547Monument is in front of the church doors.Dedicated: The date of dedication is unknown but presumably shortly following the war because they did not need to number the world wars yet.Story: St. Mary's Church is the last remnant of the famous Mohegan Lake School, a military academy for boys that turned out some of the leaders of the day. As early as 1880, and until 1934, Mohegan Lake School drew cadets from as far as Europe, the Caribbean and states like Vermont, Georgia, and Iowa. Teaching courses from penmanship to Thucididyes, the school produced such thinkers as Robert Moses, the architect of much of modern New York, and several Rockefellers. With an enrollment limited to 42, on eight acres of buildings and parade grounds, the school emphasized "a thorough Christian preparatory education . . . in an atmosphere free from the distracting and pernicious influences of large towns and railroad centers." By Michael Herrick, October 24, 2010***DIRECTIONS: Right on Rt-6; Right on E. Main St; Right into 2nd Lakeland HS Driveway – bear slight left to proceed along the side of building; monument is at rear corner of buildingVeterans Monument at Lakeland HSLocated: Lakeland HS, 1349 E. Main St, Shrub Oak, NY 10588Monument is on the eastside of Lakeland HS building near the track & field entrance near the canteen. (Visible from traffic circle.)Dedicated:Story: The monument reads, “In Memory of Those Lakeland Students Who Made the Supreme Sacrifice”. The five names on the monument were all casualties during the Vietnam War.***DIRECTIONS: Right on E. Main St; Monument is on your left between the Hart Library and Lakeland Admin building.Shrub Oak Honor RollLocated: On East Main St between the John C. Hart Library driveway entrance and Lakeland Central School District Office building parking lot.Dedicated: The monument was originally dedicated on May 13, 1945 to honor those Shrub Oak residents who served during WWII. The original monument was destroyed by a fallen tree in a storm and a group of dedicated residents replaced and updated the monument. The new monument was dedicated on May 20, 2000. The updated monument to include the names of Shrub Oak veterans who served during the Korean War and Vietnam Wars.***DIRECTIONS: Bear right at fork for Old Yorktown Rd/Rt-132; Continue appx. 3 miles to Rt-202; Just before light at Rt-202 you need to turn into church lot on right.Yorktown First Presbyterian Church cemeteryBurial Place Monument of Colonel Christopher Greene and Major Ebenezer Flagg of the First Rhode Island Regiment of the Continental ArmyLocated: At intersection of Rt-202 and Rt-132 in the Churchyard cemetery. This monument overlooks the Rt-202/Rt-132 intersection by the front of the church.Dedicated: 1900Story: Colonel Christopher Greene and Major Ebenezer Flagg commanded the First Rhode Island Regiment of the Continental Army. They were white; the enlisted men of the regiment were black slaves who were promised freedom in return for enlisting. The relatively small Battle of Pines Bridge, a nearby crossing point of the Croton River, included fighting at the Davenport House, where these officers and many of their soldiers died.Black Soldiers of 1st Rhode Island Regiment MonumentLocated: Next to Burial Monument for Col. Greene and Major Flagg of 1st R.I. RegimentDedicated: May 13, 1982Story: In 1982 this monument was erected by the Afro-American Cultural Foundation, Westchester County, New York, to recognize those black soldiers who were killed in the Battle of Pines Bridge with Col. Greene and Maj. Flagg, but who were never previously recognized. ***DIRECTIONS: Right out lot; Left on Rt-202; At next traffic lite make right into Yorktown School complex; Yorktown HS is on right 200’ up.Vietnam Veterans Memorial at Yorktown HSLocated: 2727 Crompond Road, Yorktown Hts, NY 10598Monument is in front of the flagpole adjacent to Yorktown HS entrance doors.Dedicated: June 1968Story: This memorial was placed to honor those Yorktown HS students who served and died during the Vietnam War. Five graduates were killed between June 1967 and February 1968 which created the desire for a permanent memorial. After the monument was installed, three additional names were individually added to the memorial when three more graduates were killed in the war during 1970-1971.***DIRECTIONS: Continue around school road and Strang MS will be next building on right.Vietnam Memorial at Mildred E. Strang MSLocated: 2701 Crompond Road, Yorktown Hts, NY 10598Monument is in the planting bed in front of the school entrance.Dedicated: ?Story: “In Honor of the Men and Women of Yorktown Who Served in the Vietnam War”***DIRECTIONS: Proceed around school road loop to get out; Right on Rt-202; Proceed past police station and at second traffic light is Rt-118; Make right on Rt-118 and immediately look on your right for sign for…Maj. Clayton Carpenter Memorial HighwayLocated: the portion of Rt-118 between Underhill Ave and Commerce St in Yorktown.Dedicated: September 16, 2017Story: A 2001 graduate of Lakeland HS, Major Clayton O. Carpenter was with the 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment when he was killed in a Blackhawk helicopter crash on January 15, 2014, near Savannah, Georgia.***DIRECTIONS: Make left at second traffic light onto Underhill Ave; Make right into 3rd driveway on right into Town Hall parking lot; Proceed to far left corner of lot by skate park. Patriot Park is in front of you down the embankment.Yorktown Monument Park (Patriot Park)Located: Yorktown Town Hall, 363 Underhill Avenue, Yorktown Hts, NY 10598Patriot’s Park is located behind the large Yorktown Town Hall parking lot. Look for the flagpoles by the skatepark.Yorktown World War I MonumentDedicated: 1919Story: Installed by the Town of Yorktown out of a block of Mohegan Quarry granite ‘In Honor of the Men of Yorktown Who Rendered Service in the World War – 1917 – 1919. The monument names the 86 men and two women from town who served during the war. The monument was originally at the intersection of Rt-202 and Granite Springs Road from 1919 until the Yorktown Town Hall was built. It was moved to the front of Town Hall sometime after. In 2018 the town moved all war monuments from the front of Town Hall to Patriot’s Park behind the parking lot. Yorktown World War II MonumentDedicated: 1952Story: Installed in front of Town Hall by the Town of Yorktown ‘In Memory Of Those Who Gave Their Lives And In Honor Of Those Who Served In World War II’. In 2018 the town moved all war monuments from the front of Town Hall to Patriot’s Park behind the parking lot. Yorktown Korean and Vietnam Wars MonumentDedicated: November 11, 1968Story: Installed in front of Town Hall by the Town of Yorktown and ‘Dedicated To The Men of Yorktown Who Served With Honor And Courage In The Korean and Vietnam Wars. To Those Who Gave Their Lives, We Are Particularly Indebted For Their Supreme Sacrifice, And Establish This Memorial In Tribute November 11, 1968’. In 2018 the town moved all war monuments from the front of Town Hall to Patriot’s Park behind the parking lot. Yorktown Blue Star Memorial By-Way MonumentDedicated: November 11, 2019Story: The Garden Club of Yorktown installed and dedicated this monument to honor those who have served, are serving, and will serve in the Armed Forces of the United States of America. The plaque is attached to a Revolutionary era millstone which was recovered behind the French Hill School which was the location of a Revolutionary War encampment.SPC David R. Fahey Jr. Memorial TreeLocated: The small tree with a plaque at its base is set on the embankment behind the Town’s war monuments in Patriots Park.Dedicated: November 11, 2019Story: The Yorktown community dedicated a memorial tree in 2011 in memory of Army Spc. David R. Fahey Jr., who was killed at age 23 by an explosive device on Feb. 28, 2011, in Kandahar Province, Afghanistan. NOTE: A NYS bridge on Rt-129 between Hunterbrook Rd and Croton Ave over the New Croton Reservoir was dedicated in his honor just before Memorial Day in 2016.***DIRECTIONS: Right onto Underhill Ave. and around the bend; Pass traffic light at Kear St and monument is 50 yards up on right.Battle of Pines Bridge MonumentLocated: Railroad Park, Yorktown, NYDedicated: 5/11/2019Story: The Pines Bridge Monument commemorates the soldiers who sacrificed their lives defending the Pines Bridge Pass over the Croton River during the Revolutionary War.? The 1st Rhode Island Regiment under Colonel Christopher Greene was comprised of African Americans, Native Americans, as well as European-American settlers.? This monument reflects that diversity and is the first Revolutionary War memorial to depict all three races together in combat. (From Yorktown Historical Society website)***DIRECTIONS: Proceed straight to traffic light at end(by firehouse); Left onto Commerce St; At first traffic light make right onto Veterans Road; The second flagpole on right side of street is Yorktown’s Veterans Commemorative Park.Veterans Commemorative Park at Yorktown American Legion Post #1009Located: 235 Veterans Road, Yorktown Hts, NY 10598The Commemorative Park surrounds the flagpole adjacent to the Post building. Dedicated: 2013Story: The Yorktown Veterans Commemorative Park surrounds the flagpole and contains 500 engraved bricks honoring veterans of the Yorktown community who have served in the U.S. Armed Forces. These engraved commemorative bricks honor veterans living and deceased. Funds raised by this program are donated to local veteran-related charities. As of Memorial Day, 2019, over $24,000 has been donated to charities because of this program. Bricks are sold all year long and are installed and dedicated on Memorial Day when the donations are disbursed. ................
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