"This monument commemorates the 47 men of Draft Board District 61 who lost their lives in World War I. Dedicated on Armistice Day (now Veterans Day), November 11, 1922, the monument consists of a polished Stoney Creek granite stele bearing a classical bronze relief by Charles Keck (1875–1951). Keck had a long and distinguished career as a sculptor. He studied with such illustrious artists as Augustus Saint-Gaudens (1848–1907) and Philip Martiny (1858–1927). Some of his other works in New York City include a commemorative tablet on the rear of the Maine Monument in Columbus Circle (1935), the Father Duffy statue (1937), the Alfred E. Smith statue (1950), and the Brooklyn War Memorial (1951). The Citizens Memorial Association of District 61, Inc. commissioned Keck, at a cost of $13,000, to create this memorial to local residents who paid the supreme sacrifice while serving in the army and navy. For the Sixty-First District Monument, Keck sculpted an allegorical figure of Liberty laying a palm of peace on an altar of offering on which the names of the dead are inscribed. The figure bears strong resemblance to Keck’s work on the Maine Monument." Location: Greenwood Avenue and East 5th Street

A picture of the dedication of the monument in 1922."The monument originally stood in a garden on the grounds of nearby P.S. 130 at Ocean Parkway near Fort Hamilton Parkway. In 1936, the Parks monument repair crew cleaned the base and repainted the bronze. In 1944, due to construction that altered the grade elevations of these roadways, the monument was moved to its present location. Portions of a missing bronze wreath from the monument were replicated and reattached as part of a 1993 renovation of the playground. The monument was restored again in 1997."

Some of 47 names. I'll research Rudolph Ankelman, Harold and Frank Cortes and Michael Mechalla from this group..

Another section of the 47 names. I'll research James Curtis, Nathan Nussbaum and Charles Salquist from this group.

I'll be researching Asger Zielian from this group

Some of the campaigns the soldiers fought in: Hindenburg, St. Mihiel and Vieuseargonne.

Some of the campaigns the soldiers fought in: Chatteauthierry and Belleauwood.

Jessie Meccchalla and James Curtis unveiling memorial of District 61 The former’s father was killed in the war while Young Curtis lost both his mother and father.

Michael had lived at 1456 36th Street. He died of wounds received in battle on October 2, 1918. Evidently before he went overseas he lived at 333 East 58th Street in Manhattan

Nathan Nussbaum, according to some records, lived at either 392 South 4th Street or 392 East 4th. The South 4th is the correct one.

His defective eyesight evidently did not exempt him from service

Why was Nathan Nussbaum's name on a District 61 plaque. I think it was because there was confusion between him living at 396 South 4th and 396 East 4th. The above showed the wrong address. He lived in Williamsburg. I found his family there in the census of 1915.

393-4 South 4th Street is now a playground

Harold and Frank Cortes, brothers who lost their lives in WWI, lived at 1684 43rd Street

Charles Salquist lived at 107 East 2nd Street.

Bugler Herman Waacks lived at this address