About the Memorials
The Memorial "Dedicated to Polish Legion of American World War Veterans of Onondaga County" at Kosciuszko Park
This memorial was dedicated on May 26, 1935. According to a May 19, 1935 article in the Syracuse American, "Polish Legion Will Dedicate Monument:"
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Elaborate plans for dedication of a new monument at Kosciusko Park,
at Park and Lakeview ave., are slated for next Sunday by members
Of the Syracuse Post of Polish Legion of American Veterans, donors
of the memorial.
Principal feature of the monument is a huge British gun which was
captured by the Germans during the World War and later recaptured by
the American forces. A 35-foot flagpole and a memorial tablet with
the names of Polish veterans of Onondaga County who lost their lives
in the conflict have been set up back of the gun.
According to PLAV Post 14 members Henry Sienkiewicz (U.S. Army Air Corps, World War II) and Bob Jachim (U.S. Army, Korean War), the British gun that had once stood near this memorial was taken for scrap during World War II (PLAV Meeting on Sunday, May 21, 2017) .
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Thank you to Anna Foley for discovering this article.
The "Syracuse Polish-American War Memorial" at Pulaski Park
UNDER CONSTRUCTION - will add some details about this memorial and a link to the memorial page.
The [Memorial at Sacred Heart Cemetery, Geddes]
UNDER CONSTRUCTION - will add some details at a later date...
Other Related Monuments
Monument Dedicating Kosciuszko & Pulaski Parks
Near the westernmost edge of Pulaski park, facing the World War II Memorial, is a granite slab with the following dedicvation:
GEN. TADEUSZ KOSCIUSZKO
&
BRIG. GEN. CASIMIR PULASKI
PARKS
DEDICATED TO
POLISH PATRIOTS & HEROES OF
THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION
FOR YOUR FREEDOM & OURS
GEN ASA DANFORTH CHAPTER
NSDAR
ERECTED BY
THE POLISH AMERICAN BICENTENNIAL COMMITTEE 1977
Other Memorials or Monuments Related to Polish-American Veterans Located in Syracuse
If we identify any other memorials or monuments related to Polish-American veterans we will put that information here.