Wilder Park, Veterans Memorial

Name/Title

Wilder Park, Veterans Memorial

Entry/Object ID

M2015.2.74

Description

Plaque on the stone near the Veterans Memorial in Wilder Park

Photograph Details

Type of Photograph

Digital

Made/Created

Artist Information

Artist

Daniel Lund

Role

Photographer

Date made

Nov 30, 2015

Time Period

2010s

Inscription/Signature/Marks

Notes

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 Side two reads: FOR GOD, COUNTRY/AND THE MEMORY OF/THOSE WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES/IN FREEDOM'S NAME/T.H.B. POST 187/AMERICAN LEGION/REDEDICATES IT'S (sic) EFFORTS./ MAY 30, 1977