This postcard dates to the 1910s and depicts the World War memorial monument in Riverhead on Long Island, New York, commemorating local service during the First World War.
Riverhead, the county seat of Suffolk County on Long Island’s East End, developed as an administrative and civic center during the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Following the end of World War I, many communities across the United States erected memorials honoring local soldiers who served during the conflict. These monuments frequently incorporated artillery pieces or military symbols as visible reminders of wartime sacrifice and civic remembrance.
The image shows a field cannon mounted on wooden wheels positioned near a landscaped memorial marker identified as the World War Memorial. Trees and surrounding greenery frame the monument within a park-like setting, while the cannon stands prominently in the foreground facing the roadway. The composition reflects the type of community war memorial commonly installed in American towns during the early twentieth century.
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