It was completed on September 17, 1930 to commemorate World War I veterans from the neighborhoods of Riverdale, Spuyten Duyvil, and Kingsbridge.

[2] The plaque attached to the memorial lists the names of those Riverdale, Spuyten Duyvil, and Kingsbridge residence who served in World War I.

[1] In 1936, it was moved 700 feet south to make room for the Henry Hudson Parkway which it now stands next to.

[4] It was designed by Dwight James Baum for the Riverdale American Legion Post and built by John Zambetti, Inc.

General Winfield Scott captured this bell during the Mexican War and brought it back to New York City where it resided in the Jefferson Market and a Riverdale firehouse before it was installed in the newly constructed tower.