Memorial Card
Photo credit: Michael Hnatov
Accession Number: C.2019.139.103
Dimensions: Unavailable
Credit Line: Transferred from the New-York Historical Society
Description
Memorial card created in memory of Thomas A. Gardner. The front of the card features a photograph of Gardner with printed text: "In Loving Memory of | THOMAS A. GARDNER | Entered Into Eternal Rest | September 11, 2001." The back of the card includes a quotation from Ralph Waldo Emerson.
Memorial card created in memory of Thomas A. Gardner. The front of the card features a photograph of Gardner with printed text: "In Loving Memory of | THOMAS A. GARDNER | Entered Into Eternal Rest | September 11, 2001." The back of the card includes a quotation from Ralph Waldo Emerson.
Historical Notes
Born in Astoria, Queens, Thomas Gardner lived in Oceanside, Long Island, with his wife, Elizabeth, and their two children. After joining the FDNY in 1982, he earned a college degree in biology and education and spoke of teaching high school science after retiring from firefighting. A member of Hazmat Company 1, Firefighter Gardner entered the South Tower with his unit on September 11. He was 39 years old.
Born in Astoria, Queens, Thomas Gardner lived in Oceanside, Long Island, with his wife, Elizabeth, and their two children. After joining the FDNY in 1982, he earned a college degree in biology and education and spoke of teaching high school science after retiring from firefighting. A member of Hazmat Company 1, Firefighter Gardner entered the South Tower with his unit on September 11. He was 39 years old.
