The Westfield Leader Newspaper
28th Annual This is Westfield

Thursday, April 13, 2000 THIS IS WESTFIELD Our 28th Annual Edition Page 39 Page 38 THIS IS WESTFIELD Our 28th Annual Edition Thursday, April 13, 2000

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Revolutionary Cemetery

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Other markers have been placed by the United States government’s Veterans’ Bureau to designate the graves of those veterans of the American Revolution, the War of 1812 and the Civil War.

In 1942, a memorial boulder was installed by The West Fields Chapter – Sons of the American Revolution at the front gate of the cemetery with a plaque naming the 51 soldiers of the Revolutionary War who are buried there. Nearly 18 years prior, the Daughters of the American Revolution placed its own boulder at the cemetery with a plaque to remember fallen soldiers.

The Westfield Bicentennial Committee has designated the cemetery as a “Bicentennial Site.”

Perhaps the cemetery’s legacy is best summed up on the marker of

Nathaniel Baker, who died in 1799 and is interred in the cemetery. It reads, “My glass is run, My days are spent, My

life is gone, It was but lent, And as I am, So must you be, Therefore, prepare to follow me.”

Monument to World War Veterans

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On October 19, 1923, a copper box containing a potpourri of mementos from the era was ensconced in the foundation of the monument.

Among the items inside it were a copy of the ordinance providing funds for the memorial; rosters listing former servicemen and members of the local Veterans of Foreign Wars and American Legion chapters; an American flag and a Westfield service medal; a history of the Town of Westfield and copies of two local publications, including the October 17, 1923 edition of The Westfield Leader.

Armistice Day found Westfield buildings draped with red, white and blue bunting and bearing American flags in preparation for the dedication of the memorial to Westfield’s war dead.

Preceded by a military parade from Washington School to the Plaza, the afternoon ceremony marked the coming- together of an entire community in remembrance of sons, brothers and friends lost to the “Great War. ”

In keeping with the solemnity of the occasion, Central Railroad officials ordered the silencing of whistles and bells on locomotives traveling through town during the dedication of the monument.

Among those in attendance were Merton D. Littlefield, by now the Mayor of Westfield, along with members of the Town Council, the Memorial Commission which had headed up plans for creation of the memorial, veterans, other townspeople and families of the men memorialized through the monument.

Presented by Mr. Tubby to the Mayor following the invocation, the monument was formally welcomed with presentations honoring veterans, as well as with the singing of patriotic songs and performances by the Westfield Band.

The memorial was unveiled by Mrs. Charles Wallberg, a Gold Star Mother whose son, Martin Wallberg, was the first of Westfield’s Supreme Honor

Men to fall in World War I. He was also distinguished for having carried the first American flag “over the top” of the trenches in the war.

A Westfield native serving with the Canadian armed forces, he was felled

by a barrage of artillery at just 19 years old. His flag, which was attached to his bayonet, was retrieved by a fellow soldier and returned to Westfield. It is displayed today in the foyer of the Westfield American Legion post which bears his name.

Seventy- seven years later, the patriotic spirit and commitment to remembrance which led Westfield to erect the monument remain as vibrant as on that Armistice Day in 1923.

These sentiments are poignantly and powerfully reflected as veterans gather at the foot of the still awe- inspiring tribute each year on Memorial Day and Veterans Day, as Armistice Day is known today. The monument’s presence, and theirs, is an enduring testament to those whose lives — and deaths – gave the world all its tomorrows.

A MONUMENT’S MUSE... An 11- foot statue of Clio, the Greek muse of history, perches atop the 57- foot granite shaft of the monument recalling the sacrifices of war veterans.

Berkeley Heights

Mayor David Cohen (908) 464- 2700, dac@ carpben. com

Superintendent of Schools Dr. Richard G. Bozza, (908) 464- 1718, rbozza@ columbia. bhs. k12. nj. us

Clark

Mayor Robert S. Ellenport, (732) 388- 3600 Superintendent of Schools Dr. Paul J. Ortenzio, (732) 574- 9600

Cranford

Mayor Philip J. Morin, 3rd, (908) 709- 7200, pmorin3@ aol. com

Superintendent of Schools Dr. Emalene F. Renna, (908) 272- 9100

Edison

Mayor George A. Spadoro, (732) 248- 7298, mayorspadoro@ edisonnj. org

Superintendent of Schools Dr. Vincent Caprara, (732) 287- 4400

Elizabeth

Mayor J. Christian Bollwage, (908) 820- 4170, www. elizabethnj. org

Superintendent of Schools Thomas Dunn, Jr., (908) 558- 3000, supern@ elizabeth. k12. nj. us

Fanwood

Mayor Louis C. Jung, (908) 322- 8236, Louis. c. jung@ exxon. sprint. com

Superintendent of Schools Dr. Carol B. Choye, (908) 232- 6161, cbc@ intac. com

Garwood

Mayor Michael Crincoli, (908) 789- 0710 Superintendent of Schools Bill Murphy, (908) 789- 0165

Hillside

Mayor Karen D. McCoy, (973) 926- 3000 Superintendent of Schools Dr. Hiroko Miyakawa (908) 352- 2433

Kenilworth

Mayor Michael Tripodi, (908) 276- 9090, Superintendent of Schools Dr. Lloyd M. Leschuk, (908) 276- 5936, leschuk@ kenilworth. k12. nj. us

Linden

Mayor John T. Gregorio, (908) 474- 8495 Superintendent of Schools Joseph Martino, (908) 486- 5818

Mountainside

Mayor Robert F. Viglianti, (908) 232- 2400, clerkmom@ yahoo. com

Chief School Administrator Dr. Gerard A. Schaller, (908) 232- 3232

New Providence

Mayor Allen Morgan, (908) 665- 1400 Superintendent of Schools Geoffrey Gordon, (908) 464- 9050

North Plainfield

Mayor Janice G. Allen, (908) 769- 2900 Superintendent of Schools Dr. Marilyn Birnbaum, (908) 769- 6000

Plainfield

Mayor Albert T. McWilliams, (908) 753- 3000 Superintendent of Schools Dr. Larry Leverett, (908) 753- 3150

Rahway

Mayor James J. Kennedy, (732) 827- 2000, www. cityofrahway. com

Superintendent of Schools Dr. William D. Petrino, (732) 396- 1020, wpetrino@ rahway. net

Roselle

Mayor Joseph Croteau, (908) 245- 5600,

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Superintendent of Schools Darlene Roberto, (908) 298- 2036

Roselle Park

Mayor Joseph DeIorio, (908) 245- 6180, JDeIorio@ aol. com

Superintendent of Schools Dr. Char Stanko, (908) 245- 2103, roselle_ park@ hotmail. com

Scotch Plains

Mayor Martin L. Marks, (908) 322- 6700, Superintendent of Schools Dr. Carol B. Choye, (908) 232- 6161, cbc@ intac. com

South Plainfield

Mayor Daniel J. Gallagher, (908) 754- 9000, gallagher@ southplainfieldnj. com

Superintendent of Schools Guy C. Ferri, (908) 754- 4620, www. spnet. k12. nj. us

Springfield

Mayor Clara Harelik, (973) 912- 2200, mayor@ springfield- nj. com

Superintendent of Schools Gary Friedland, (973) 376- 1025, gfriedland@ springfieldschools. com

Summit

Mayor Walter D. Long, (908) 273- 6400, wdl@ travelongsummit. com

Superintendent of Schools Dr. Michael Knowlton, (908) 273- 3023, communications@ summit. k12. nj. us

Union

Mayor Joseph Florio, (908) 851- 8500 Superintendent of Schools Dr. Theodore Jakubowski, (908) 851- 6400, tjakubowski@ twpunionschools. org

Watchung

Mayor Anthony F. Addario, (908) 756- 0080, www. watchungnj. com

Superintendent of Schools Catherine Rock, (908) 755- 8536, crock@ wbpsk8. org

Winfield

Mayor David P. Wright, Sr., (908) 925- 3850, Superintendent of Schools Adam E. Drapczuk, (908) 486- 7410

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