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CHILDREN’S LIBRARY ROBERT BACON MEMORIAL MARKER

CHILDREN’S LIBRARY ROBERT BACON MEMORIAL MARKER
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Location: 374 SCHOOL STREET

City: WESTBURY

State: New York

Zip Code: 11590

Type of Memorial: War Memorial Library

Year Dedicated: 1924

Access: Public

Wars Commemorated: WORLD WAR I

Photograph By: ANDREW RUPPENSTEIN

Submitted By: COURTESY OF HMdb.org

ROBERT BACON WAS COMMISSIONED A MAJOR IN THE U.S. ARMY IN MAY 1917 BEFORE SAILING TO FRANCE AS A MEMBER OF GENERAL JOHN PERSHNG’S STAFF. HE WAS PROMOTED TO LIEUTENANT COLONEL IN 1918 AND SERVED AS CHIEF OF THE AMERICAN MILITARY MISSION AT BRITISH GENERAL HEADQUARTERS.

SEE ALSO-CHILDREN’S LIBRARY ROBERT BACON MEMORIAL


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