Veterans Memorial in Wilder Park

Name/Title

Veterans Memorial in Wilder Park

Entry/Object ID

M92.29.51

Description

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