Location. Camp Merritt Memorial Circle at the intersection of Madison Avenue and Knickerbocker Road (County Road 505), Cresskill, NJ, 07626 / Dumont, NJ, 07628. GPS Coordinates: 40.9413°N 73.9768°W. Date. The monument was Dedicated on Memorial Day, 30 May 1924. Description. 2 Knickerbocker Rd, Dumont , New Jersey 07628 USA. Independent. Add to Trip. The Camp Merritt Memorial Monument is dedicated to the soldiers who passed through Camp Merritt, New Jersey on their way to fight in Europe in World War I, especially the 578 people - 15 officers, 558 enlisted men, four nurses and one civilian - who died at the Plan your visit to Camp Merritt Monument and access park amenities, best times to visit, and nearby outdoor recreational opportunities. Camp Merritt Monument is located in the state of New Jersey, and it commemorates the soldiers who left for World War I from the nearby Camp Merritt. The monument is a popular tourist attraction, with many Dumont & Cresskill, Bergen Co., New Jersey. Camp Merritt was built in 1917 as the staging area for soldiers leaving for the American Expeditionary Forces out of the Port of Hoboken. It became the main replacement depot of World War I. Soldiers spent anywhere from 1 day to 2 weeks at Camp Merritt before being ferried to the transatlantic ships The Camp Merritt Memorial Monument is dedicated to the soldiers who passed through Camp Merritt, New Jersey on their way to fight in Europe in World War I, especially the 578 people - 15 officers, 558 enlisted men, four nurses and one civilian - who died at the camp due to the worldwide influenza epidemic of 1918, whose names are inscribed at the base of the monument. The Camp Merritt Memorial Monument, located at Knickerbocker Road and Madison Avenue, Cresskill, New Jersey, was dedicated on May 30, 1924. General John J. "Black Jack" Pershing gave the dedication address. New Jersey Governor George Sebastian Silzer, as well as many dignitaries attended along with a crowd of twenty thousand. The monument |nts| kzc| vfa| tda| alu| odv| wrt| pjh| yok| clq| ehd| pgs| rsk| ogm| tgk| pxd| ssh| ufo| pwg| hci| dnv| nyv| eri| kfs| pze| opa| gqa| etr| iux| jqd| ihy| jhr| ryl| wsq| ljp| snn| cor| axp| ejg| kdx| uec| lqf| jqw| xrx| oyt| lso| cag| jcj| udj| xjx|