This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/jUB.2ACI/768.1 Message Board Post: On 9/30/03 (6:52:13 PM MDT), in a posting to the Suffolk County Board that was 'gatewayed' to [email protected], G. E. Chase ([email protected]) asked, "For military history of our town cenotaph, I am looking for a volunteer who would take a photo of a marker at the Long Island National Cemetery in Farmingdale. If available to do this, please contact me." You may want to contact the Cemetery directly: Long Island National Cemetery 2040 Wellwood Avenue East Farmingdale (Farmingdale P.O.), NY 11735 tel: 631/454-4949 fax: 631/694-5422 eMail: [email protected] (This eMail may no longer be current. If you obtain a more current eMail, please forward same to me.) Please note the following: (1) The "Farmingdale, NY 11735" postal zone is 1 (one) of 3 (three) bi-county postal zones (the others being Cold Spring Harbor, NY 11724 and Amityville, NY 11701). While the "Farmingdale, NY 11735" postal zone serves an area in both counties, the Village of Farmingdale is completely within the border of the Town of Oyster Bay, Nassau County. That portion of the "Farmingdale, NY 11735" postal zone in Suffolk County is most probably within the Hamlet of East Farmingdale in the Town of Babylon. (2) The area where this cemetery is located also includes a number of private cemeteries and is being referred to as the "Pinelawn" area or simply "Pinelawn". Thus, it is possible that references to Long Island National Cemetery include the term "Pinelawn" as a locational guide. (3) NEWSDAY (personal note: the paper of geographic illiteracy) adds to the confusion by referring to Long Island National Cemetery as Pinelawn National Cemetery (or Long Island National Cemetery in Pinelawn). (4) For those who are really into geography: The Long Island National Cemetery is mostly in the Hamlet of East Farmingdale, Town of Babylon, but does include land in the Hamlet of Melville, Town of Huntington. The Pinelawn Memorial Park is mostly in the Hamlet of East Farmingdale, Town of Babylon, but does include land (currently vacant) in the Hamlet of Wyandanch, also in the Town of Babylon. I hope this information is useful or, at least, interesting. L'Shannah Tovah* & Happy 5764, Walter Greenspan * L'Shanah Tovah (li-SHAH-nuh TOH-vuh; li-shah-NAH toh-VAH) Hebrew. Lit. for a good year. A common greeting during Rosh Hashanah and Days of Awe. It is an abbreviation of L'shanah tovah tikatev v'taihatem (May you be inscribed and sealed for a good year).