The Veterans Memorial in Wilder Park, which was dedicated in the northwest corner of Wilder Park on Memorial Day 1927.
Photograph Details
Type of Photograph
Black and White Print
Made/Created
Artist Information
Artist
Herzberg
Role
Photographer
Date made
Jul 7, 1940
Time Period
1940s
Inscription/Signature/Marks
Notes
Written in blue on back: 7/7/40 / Wilder Park / Elmhurst, Ill The plaque reads: IN SACRED MEMORY/MAY 30, 1927/ THESE THREE TREES WERE PLANTED AND/DEDICATED BY THE MEMBERS OF T.H.B. POST/NO. 187 OF THE AMERICAN LEGION AND THE/CITIZENS OF ELMHURST IN MEMORY OF/ERNEST H. TIMROTT, RICHARD HINTZ/KINGSLEY(sic) C. BUCK/WHO WERE KILLED IN ACTION DURING THE/ GREAT WAR OF 1914 - 1918. ALSO A TRIBUTE/TO THOSE OF ELMHURST WHO SERVED IN/THE STRUGGLE FOR DEMONCRACY./ THEIRS NOT TO REASON WHY/THEIRS BUT TO DO OR DIE/TENNYSON
