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Camp Merritt Memorial Monument

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.
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  • Type: Locality
  • Description: park in New Jersey, United States of America, United States of America
  • Also known as: “Camp Merritt Memorial Circle”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Schraalenburgh North Church and Theodore Roosevelt Monument.

Church
, also known as North Church and as The Old North Reformed Church or Old Reformed Church, was founded in 1801 as a Dutch Reformed Church, in present-day , , , United States.

Memorial
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is located in , , , United States. Constructed in 1928, the monument was added to the National Register of Historic Places on September 20, 2006.

is a four-year comprehensive community high school in in , in the U.S. state of , serving students in ninth through twelfth grades as the lone secondary school of the Tenafly Public Schools.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Dumont and Demarest.

Town
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is a borough in , in the U.S. state of . As of the 2020 United States census, the borough's population was 17,863, an increase of 384 from the 2010 census count of 17,479, which in turn reflected a decrease of 24 from the 17,503 counted in the 2000 census.

Village
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is a borough in , in the U.S. state of . As of the 2020 United States census, the borough's population was 4,981, an increase of 100 from the 2010 census count of 4,881, which in turn reflected an increase of 36 from the 4,845 counted in the 2000 census.

Town
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is a borough in , in the U.S. state of . As of the 2020 United States census, the borough's population was 15,409, an increase of 921 from the 2010 census count of 14,488, which in turn reflected an increase of 682 from the 13,806 counted in the 2000 census.

Camp Merritt Memorial Monument

Latitude
40.94126° or 40° 56′ 29″ north
Longitude
-73.9768° or 73° 58′ 37″ west
Elevation
141 feet (43 metres)
Open location code
87G8W2RF+G7
Open­Street­Map ID
node 10568119274
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­locality
Geo­Names ID
5096222
Wiki­data ID
Q5027414
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