English: As seen in May 2021: the center median of Bidwell Parkway just east of Colonial Circle in Buffalo, New York features a stone monument that, according to the words engraved on it, was "dedicated to the memory of John A. Boechat, 108th Inf., N.Y.N.G., as representative of the boys from Lafayette High School and this section of Buffalo whose service and sacrifice in the World War, 1917-1918, were in the cause of liberty, security and peace". The monument was built by the stonemasonry firm of John Bianchi & Son and "erected by [the] John A. Boechat Post No. 295, American Legion, [on] May 29, 1936". One of the first Buffalonians to lose his life in combat in the First World War, Sergeant Boechat was a Lafayette graduate who died in the Somme at the hands of Germany's Hindenburg Line on September 19, 1918, during the Hundred Days Offensive, and is buried near there at the American Cemetery in Picardie. The engraving closes with a quote from F. W. Bourdillon's famed war poem "The Heart Cry": "Dauntless you fronted death: for me/Rests to face life as fearlessly". The rear side of the monument bears a plaque that dates to its rededication in 1989, reading: "Lafayette High School honors all veterans who served in World War II, Korean conflict, Vietnam, and all other peacekeeping forces".