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NEWELL RISING MEMORIAL

NEWELL RISING MEMORIAL
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Location: SUMMERFIELD PARK-WILLETT AVENUE AND BROAD STREET

City: PORT CHESTER

State: New York

Zip Code: 10573

Type of Memorial: Ordnance Memorials (cannonballs, torpedoes, bombs-must have markers)

Year Dedicated: 1912

Access: Public

Wars Commemorated: SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR

Photograph By: MICHAEL HERRICK

Submitted By: COURTESY OF HMdb.org

THIS TEN-INCH SHELL FROM THE U.S.S. MAINE UNVEILED AT PORT CHESTER, NY JULY 4, 1912. IN MEMORY OF NEWELL RISING, A TOWNSMAN AND OF ALL WHO LOST THEIR LIVES WITH HIM IN THE DESTRUCTION OF THAT SHIP FEBRUARY 15, 1898.
SEE ALSO-NEWELL RISING MEMORIAL PLAQUE


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