Garden dedication restores legacy of 14 WWII vets

Garden dedication restores legacy of 14 WWII vets
Gordon Neumann, Beth Wallach, and Peter Neumann lift the Gold Star cap and cape off the monument as Peter Marcus and Gary Rappaport stand by to the left, and Todd Wallach helps his mother, Beth Wallach, to the right.

The Ardsley Historical Society held a dedication ceremony for the Lewisohn Memorial Garden at Ardsley High School on Memorial Day (May 25). The centerpiece of the garden is a rediscovered stone monument that honors 14 servicemen from Ardsley who died during World War II. 

The monument, which includes a bronze plaque that lists the names of the 14, was first unveiled at the Ashford Avenue School (now the Ashford Court condominiums) at 520 Ashford Avenue, in 1954. When the high school moved into its own new building on Farm Road in 1958, the monument went with it, stored in the basement until 2022, when the plan for a new installation began.

Relatives of two of the 14 fallen attended the May 25 ceremony, which opened with the high school’s select chorus singing “America the Beautiful.” 

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