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course, built 10 years prior to the park's founding. Edgemont was originally named the
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A committee for park construction in 1906 decided to purchase the land for the park with a $ 100,000 bond issue, following a town referendum. The effort to buy the land was led by
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on top and the Billy Boys on the bottom. On the sides of the obelisk are etched the names of those who fell in the First World War, to whom the monument is dedicated. In front of the memorial there are small
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memorial on it. Edgemont Park is known for its World War I memorial, which is one of the landmarks of
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