A Survey of New York City World War I Monuments, part of Trenches on the Web, a huge site dedicated to WWI, takes you through many WWI memorials in New York City. |
Brookhaven Labratory Camp Upton Historical Museum Nice pictures, short story (631) 344-4495, open Sundays from July 9th thru August 27th. |
Smithsonian Washington DC. - they sometimes display Cher Ami and other Lost Battalion materials. |
Lost Battalion Hall 93-29 Queens Blvd., Rego Park, NY. (718) 263-4121. Listed on Queens Parks website. While not a memorial solely dedicted to the Lost Battalion (those colored signs are advertisements for boxing, wrestling, etc.), it is the only site I know of in the world named after these heroes. Built in 1939 on city land by the Works Progress Administration (WPA) for $100,000, it is two stories, 36,000 square feet. It was built for the Queens Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) and American Legion and originally had a firing range and a drill hall. In 1962 the American Legion moved out and the VFW moved to an upstairs office "free for life" where they still reside today. In 1962 it was converted into a community recreation center. |
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Lost Battalion Hall 93-29 Queens Blvd., Rego Park, NY. (718) 263-4121. Listed on Queens Parks website. While not a memorial solely dedicted to the Lost Battalion (those colored signs are advertisements for boxing, wrestling, etc.), it is the only site I know of in the world named after these heroes. Built in 1939 on city land by the Works Progress Administration (WPA) for $100,000, it is two stories, 36,000 square feet. It was built for the Queens Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) and American Legion and originally had a firing range and a drill hall. In 1962 the American Legion moved out and the VFW moved to an upstairs office "free for life" where they still reside today. In 1962 it was converted into a community recreation center. |
Smithsonian Washington DC. - they sometimes display Cher Ami and other Lost Battalion materials. |
Brookhaven Labratory Camp Upton Historical Museum Nice pictures, short story (631) 344-4495, open Sundays from July 9th thru August 27th. |
The Lost Battalion of WWI in the Argonne Forest October 2nd thru 7th, 1918 |
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August 22, 2002
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Lost Battalion Hall |
307th Memorial, Central Park |
The 307th Memorial is so small and unkempt you could walk right past it. I did, and I was looking for it! It does not have a Parks Department sign like most memorials in the park. It is located east, or in back of, the "Bandshell". It's easiest access is from the Central Park entrance at 5th Avenue and 69th street, keep walking straight ahead (west). If you get to the Bandshell you have gone too far. It has one large bronze plaque mounted on a large granite boulder, one nice stone monument, and a bunch of bronze plaques dedicated to each company of the 307th on small concrete posts, originally placed in front of newly planted trees. Some trees are now missing, some of the concrete posts are twisted in the ground, some of the bronze plaques are missing, others are damaged, and a few are newer than the rest. |
A Survey of New York City World War I Monuments, part of Trenches on the Web, a huge site dedicated to WWI, takes you through many WWI memorials in New York City. |
Ernie Pyle USAR Center 77th Regional Support Command (77th Reserve Headquarters, Home of the Lost Battalion) Fort Totten, NY |
Here, at the home of the Lost Battalion, is a great collection of large WWI bronze plaques, memorials, books, uniforms and memorabilia. No where else in New York have I found the men of the Lost Battalion and the 77th Division honored as they so very well deserve! **** WARNING **** You cannot just drive up and see the memorials - it is an active military base in a time of war! Click below for the best tour you will get, for now, of this great collection! |
