Name/Title
Wilder Park, Veteran's Memorial StoneEntry/Object ID
M2015.2.51Description
View of the memorial stone in front of the Elmhurst Veteran's Memorial, in Wilder Park south of the Wilder MansionPhotograph Details
Type of Photograph
DigitalMade/Created
Artist Information
Artist
Daniel LundRole
PhotographerDate made
Jun 16, 2015Time Period
2010sInscription/Signature/Marks
Notes
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 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 DEMOCRACY. THEIRS NOT TO REASON WHY THEIRS BUT TO DO OR DIE TENNYSON