They Earned Eternity in a Brief Space of Time

Your guide to the sites in Queens, New York commemorating those who served and died in war.

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  • Captain George H Tilly Park, War Memorial and Flagpole

    This 9-acre park, located at 85th Avenue and 165th Street in Jamaica, has walking paths, a pond and a children’s play area. The park was named in 1935 for Captain George H. Tilly, who was killed in the Philippines in 1899.  If you enter the park at the intersection listed above, you will see a… Read more

  • The Corporal George J. Wellbrock Memorial

    The Corporal George J. Wellbrock Memorial/Wellbrock Triangle is located the intersection of Rockaway Boulevard, 106th Street and 109th Avenue in South Ozone Park. The monument in this brick-laid triangle is a large obelisk with a bronze plaque on the base with the inscription: ERECTED BY THE MEMBERS OF THE / OXFORD CIVIC ASSOCIATION, INC. /… Read more

  • Glendale Veterans Memorial

    This small triangle located at the intersection of Myrtle and Cooper Avenues contains a large granite stele (14-feet in height), with a bronze plaque of a bas-relief female figure holding a torch in her right hand. It was erected in 1921 in honor of the 21 men of the neighborhood who lost their lives in… Read more

  • College Point World War I Memorial

    In this small shrub-and-tree filled triangle located in Mall Eighteen at 127th Street and 18th Avenue is squat concrete stele with a bronze plaque that reads:  MEMORIAM / TO THE MEN OF COLLEGE POINT / WHO MADE THE SUPREME SACRIFICE / DURING THE WORLD WAR / APRIL 6, 1917 – NOVEMBER 11, 1918 / OSCAR… Read more

  • Empty Squares

    Some of the Queens parks named for service members contain monuments, large and small, or some structure to see when you visit. Others are sitting parks, with benches, trees and shrubs to relax in. Few contain nothing but signage indicating who they were named for. Here are some of the squares and triangles in Queens… Read more

  • Medal of Honor Recipients in St John Cemetery

    There are three Medal of Honor recipients buried in Middle Village’s St John Cemetery. The entrance to the cemetery is located on 80th Street, just north of the intersection with Metropolitan Avenue. Behind the main office, in front of the flagpole, is a marker for each of the recipients. Private First Class Louis E. Willet… Read more

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