Sunday, May 18, 2014

[ 21 ] Wilbur H. Ryder Square

Junction of Commercial Street and Holbrook Avenue


Wilbur H. Ryder, Jr., born in Wellfleet in 1893, served in the Navy in both World War I and II. Elected Commander of the John R. McKay American Legion Post 287 in 1926, he became a Charter Member when the post was issued a permanent charter in 1928. He was 84 years old when he died in 1977. The American Legion dedicated this Square to his memory on July 4, 1979.



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