PRESENTED TO THE PARKS DEPARTMENT
BOROUGH OF BROOKLYN N.Y.
BY
DEPARTMENT OF N.Y.
UNITED SPANISH WAR VETERANS
21ST. DEPARTMENT ENCAMPMENT JULY 6, 1924
WILLIAM A. DAWKINS DEPARTMENT COMMANDER
HON. EDWARD T. O'LOUGHLIN COMMISSIONER
DEPARTMENT OF PARKS BROOKLYN N.Y.
"AGGRESSIVE FIGHTING FOR THE RIGHT IS THE NOBLEST SPORT THE WORLD AFFORDS."
DEDICATED TO THE AMERICANISM OF
THEODORE ROOSEVELT
BY HIS COMRADES OF THE
UNITED SPANISH WAR VETERANS
DEPARTMENT OF NEW YORK
THE METAL IN THIS TABLET WAS TAKEN FROM THE BATTLESHIP
MAINE, DESTROYED IN HAVANA HARBOR FEB 15, 1898
THE OREGON, OLYMPIA, NEW YORK, AND
BROOKLYN, IT SPEAKS IN PEACE HIS DOCTRINE
WHICH THOSE GALLANT SHIPS THUNDERED IN WAR
ONE FLAG, ONE COUNTRY
THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
COMMITTEE
THOS F. GANNON DEPT. COMDR., CHAIRMAN
COMDR. JAMES S. LONG
RT. REV. MONS. JOHN P. CHIDWICK DEPT. CHAPLAIN
COMDR. BENJAMIN PEATE
WM. S. GOODWIN DEPT. ADJUTANT
COMDR. CHARLES G. LAWRENCE
BERNARD J. PIERCE DEPT. QUARTERMASTER
COMDR. PETER A. NEALIS
MAURICE SIMMONS PAST. COM. IN CHIEF
COMDR. FRANCIS R. STODDARD JR.
ON THIS SITE WAS HELD THE
21ST ANNUAL ENCAMPMENT
UNITED SPANISH WAR VETERANS DEPARTMENT OF NEW YORK, JULY 6, 7, 8, 9, 1924
ENCAMPMENT COMMITTEE
CONEY ISLAND CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
EDWARD F. TILYOU, PRESIDENT
CAMPS AND AUXILIARIES OF BROOKLYN
CHARLES P. SHINN, CHAIRMAN
HARRIET E. PERINCHIEF, ASSISTING
WILLIAM A. DAWKINS, DEPARMENT COMMANDER
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