County
York
Zip Code
03904
Type
Bridge
Additional Type
Plaque
Date Dedicated
2013
Inscriptions
(1ST PLAQUE) We HONOR THE ARMY AND NAVY ASSOCIATION DEDICATED NOVEMBER 2013 (2ND PLAQUE) THE ARMY & NAVY ASSOCIATION WAS ESTABLISHED BY PORTSMOUTH CIVIC LEADERS AND BUSINESS PEOPLE TO PROVIDE RECREATIONAL QUARTERS FOR THE MILITARY PERSONNEL STATIONED IN THE AREA OR VISITING THE CITY. IN 1916, A BUILDING THAT STILL STANDS TODAY WAS ERECTED TO FULFILL THIS MISSION AND PROVIDE A SPACE FOR RECREATION, SOCIAL EVENTS, AND LODGING. PEOPLE SERVING OUR COUNTRY FAR FROM HOME BECAME A PART OF OUR COMMUNITY AS A RESULT OF THIS HOSPITALITY. THE ARMY & NAVY ASSOCIATION AND ITS SPIRIT OF WELCOMING AND GENEROSITY SHOWN TO OUR MILITARY PERSONNEL WILL BE FOREVER APPRECIATED. (3RD PLAQUE) PORTSMOUTH MEMORIAL PARK DEDICATED NOVEMBER 2013 DISPLAYED AT THE CENTER OF THIS MEMORIAL, ARE THE GRANITE FOUNDATION ABUTMENTS THAT SUPPORTED THE MEMORIAL BRIDGE FOR EIGHTY-EIGHT YEARS, MEMORIALIZING THE PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE, THESE BLOCKS NOW SYMBOLIZE THE STRENGTH OF THE HEROIC SOULS OF THE MEN AND WOMEN WHO HAVE COURAGEOUSLY SERVED OUR COUNTRY AND BRAVELY RISKED THEIR LIVES TO PROTECT OUR WAY OF LIFE. J. W. TEETZEL FUNDING FOR THIS CITY PARK WAS PROVIDED BY: JAMES AND LAURIE TEETZEL THE CITY OF PORTSMOUTH THE ARMY & NAVY MEMORIAL TRUST FREEDOM COMES WITH A HEAVY COST. NEVER FORGET THOSE WHO HAVE PAID FOR IT. (plaque over bridge) MEMORIAL TO THE SAILORS AND SOLDIERS OF NEW HAMPSHIRE WHO PARTICIPATED IN THE WORLD WAR 1917-1918
Materials
Stone, steel, bronze
Sponsor
JAMES AND LAURIE TEETZEL THE CITY OF PORTSMOUTH THE ARMY & NAVY MEMORIAL TRUST
Monument Description
The bridge straddles the Piscataqua River, passing over Badger's Island, and connecting Kittery, Maine with Portsmouth, New Hampshire.
Recommended Citation
"Kittery/Portsmouth Memorial Bridge" (2016). York. 14.
https://digitalcommons.usm.maine.edu/york/14
Photographer
Libby Bischof
Date Taken
2016
Date Digital
6-21-2018
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