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Memorials & Legends

In honor of our Local

Heroes and Legends...

CHARLES W. HOWARD MEMORIAL COMPANY F MONUMENT KENDALL WAR MEMORIAL
Waterman Park, N. Main St., Albion 306 Pearl Street & Prospect Ave., Medina. Located behind the town gazebo on Kendall
In 1937, resident Charlie Howard (1896-1966) Honoring men who trained at the Medina Rd, just north of Route 18. Dedicated on
established a world famous Santa Claus Armory, the Company F Memorial is made September 29, 2019, the Kendall War
School at his Albion farmhouse, the first of of Medina Sandstone topped with a bronze Memorial consists of a 36' wall, granite
its kind & was considered the Dean of the statue. It commemorates over 550 Company plaques, flag poles, engraved bricks and
Santa Claus School. He was the 1st nationally F 10th Infantry local war veterans that battled granite headstone. Members of Kendall Troop
televised Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade four major conflicts from 1898 to 1947: the 94, Ryan Barrett, Jayden Pieniaszek, Noah Rath
Santa & held that gig for 17 years. A museum Spanish American War, Mexican Border and Brian Shaw, built and dedicated their
is being planned for 2026. (Above left) Incursion, World War I and World War II. The 4-phase Eagle Project to honor the armed
5th wall commemorates Company C who forces of the United States of America. (Below
CLOCK TOWER MONUMENT, FANCHER trained at the Medina Armory during the Cold center)
Located at the “Fancher Curve” at the War era, some of whom served in the Korean
intersection of Rt. 31 and Fancher Road in and Vietnam Wars. (Pictured on pg. 36) PULLMAN UNIVERSALIST CHURCH
Murray. The Fancher War Memorial, dedicated George Pullman (1831-1897), noted
on August 14, 1949, honors 10 men from the 1859 ERIE CANAL BRIDGE COLLAPSE industrialist, was once a resident of Albion and
Fancher community who were killed in World MONUMENT, Albion later became the manufacturer of Pullman
War II. Recently, it was added to the National Albion’s newly renamed Erie Canal Park Railroad Cars. One of his local legacies is the
Register of Historic Places. The monument, features a monument honoring the victims Pullman Memorial Universalist Church in
made from Medina sandstone, features a of the 1859 bridge collapse, which killed Albion, which he built in 1894 to honor his
four-sided clock and a plaque listing the 15 people on September 28, 1859. A crowd parents' memory. (Above center)
names of the fallen soldiers After undergoing of 250 people, along with five horses, had
restoration, the memorial was rededicated in gathered to watch a wirewalker perform on SOLDIERS AND SAILORS MONUMENT
2021. (Below left) a tightrope over the canal when the wooden Mount Albion Cemetery
bridge collapsed. The park and monument Built in 1874 and dedicated in 1876, the
serve as a reminder of the historical event, Soldiers and Sailors Monument in Mount
honoring the lives lost during the disaster. Albion Cemetery honors local men who
(Below right) lost their lives during the Civil War. Built of
Medina Sandstone, it includes a winding steel
staircase allowing visitors to climb to the
top of the tower as well as the names of 466
soldiers and sailors etched on marble tablets.
(Above right)

These monuments
are just a sample
of those who we
commemorate and
hold dear to our hearts.
There are several
more memorials and
monuments at our cemeteries, parks,
school campuses, town halls and veteran
organizations. Scan this code to view more on
our website.
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