This monument, dedicated on July 4, 1927, includes life-size marble figures of soldiers atop a granite base, and granite benches and pedestals.  On the pedestal beneath the doughboy and female figures is a dedication to honor veterans of the Civil War, the Spanish-American War, and World War I, as well as women on the home front.

"During World War I, in the summer of 1917 the U.S. Army opened a remount depot here to buy horses and mules for Camp Sheridan's 27,000-man 37th Division from Ohio. Despite the introduction of motor transport to war, a U.S. infantry division still needed nearly 4,000 horses and 2,700 mules as draft, riding and pack animals to pull 40-wagon trains, guns and field ambulances in 1918. This post occupied 160 acres alongside the Central of Georgia R.R. on the highest elevation within 20 miles of Montgomery. 

Major K.F. Schumann commanded this depot during most of the war. It had a capacity of 5,000 animals with 14 corrals and 14 packing chutes at the railroad platform. About 300 officers and men were in the permanent party and a blacksmith school trained 100 farriers. Troops were quartered south of the railroad and the animals kept to the north. The Remount Depot closed June 1919. The railroad stop here was called Keyton Station." -Alabama Historical Association marker, 1996.

Soldiers and Sailors Monument in Memorial Park

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The Mother's Army and Navy League, organized in 1917, raised $20,000 in order to erect this monument to honor their sons lost during the Great War.  The monument was designed by renowned Mobile architect, George Rogers, and is constructed of Alabama marble.  Construction of the monument began in 1926.  

This bronze statue atop a concrete base was sculpted by E.M Viquesney (1876-1946).  It was erected by the Anniston Post of the American Legion in 1922 at a cost of $2,000.  It is dedicated to the Calhoun County men who served in the Great War.   The monument received conservation treatment in 2016.

This sculpture currently sits atop a limestone pedestal at the South entrance of Linn Park, flanking the later Memorial to the Spanish American War. It was dedicated on November 11, 1923, where it sat at the front entrance to Municipal Auditorium, now known as Boutwell Auditorium. The statue was moved to the entrance of Linn Park, probably sometime in 1957, after a renovation to the front of the auditorium that year. The memorial was commissioned by the Greek-American Citizens of Birmingham in honor of the American Legion Birmingham Post No. 1. Its plaque is inscribed "In memory of the comrades who gave their lives in the service of our country during the World War. Presented to Birmingham Post No. 1 of the American Legion by the Greek-American Citizens. Birmingham, Alabama. Armistice Day 1923."  The plaque was stolen from the statue's base at some time in late 2010.