Phoenix Rising
by Kendall McKernon
Title
Phoenix Rising
Artist
Kendall McKernon
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Photograph
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Hudson Falls, NY
Known as Soldier's Monument in Juckett Park and donated by prominent local citizen, Dr. Erskine G. Clark, the tributes inscribed on it transcend time, identifying the village by its previous name of Sandy Hill and World War I as simply "The World War."
The monument was dedicated on June 30, 1887, "to the honor and patriotism of the soldiers of Washington County who served in our war to suppress the southern rebellion," according to its inscription.
An angel with a drawn sword stands sentry at the peak of the tall granite statue which bears the likeness of Civil War soldiers from the northern army on the east and west sides of the monument at the traffic circle in Hudson Falls.
A bronze tablet was added in 1921 honoring 23 Kingsbury residents who died in combat during World War I. The inscription reads...
Men of Kingsbury who gave their lives in the World War 1917 - 1918 Faithful unto Death
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Frank Beaulac · Leon J. Beaulac · Edward V. Beaumont · Harry J. Billetdoux · Vernon W. Blanchard · James P. Davis · Francis L. Duggan · Clarence Foster · George H. French · Edgar Luyster Fursman · Thomas A. Jones · Dewey F. La Belle · Louis H. La Farr · Roland J. Mayotte · Leonard W. Mayrand · Thomas Arthur Mc Gee · Allen Scott Norton · Clarence J. Orr · Joseph Paul Pouliotte · Irving Schermerhorn · Frank Seeley · Cameron Rupert Steele · Frank Van Dusen · Francis L. Van Heusen
A.D. - 1921
A second tablet was added in 1925 honoring the Marquis de Lafayette, a French nobleman who served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War. The inscription reads...
Lafayette In recognition of whose service to our country this tablet is placed in the park where he was welcomed June 1825
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Jane McCrea Chapter
D.A.R.
1927
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March 4th, 2018
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