from The World War One Centennial Commission Act, January 14, 2013
World War One was a watershed in American history. The United States' decision to join the battle in 1917 "to make the world safe for democracy" proved pivotal in securing allied victory — a victory that would usher in the American Century.
In the war's aftermath, individuals, towns, cities, counties, and states all felt compelled to mark the war, as did colleges, businesses, clubs, associations, veterans groups, and houses of worship. Thousands of memorials—from simple honor rolls, to Doughboy sculptures, to grandiose architectural ensembles—were erected throughout the US in the 1920s and 1930s, blanketing the American landscape.
Each of these memorials, regardless of size or expense, has a story. But sadly, as we enter the war's centennial period, these memorials and their very purpose—to honor in perpetuity the more than four million Americans who served in the war and the more than 116,000 who were killed—have largely been forgotten. And while many memorials are carefully tended, others have fallen into disrepair through neglect, vandalism, or theft. Some have been destroyed. Watch this CBS news video on the plight of these monuments.
The extant memorials are our most salient material links in the US to the war. They afford a vital window onto the conflict, its participants, and those determined to remember them. Rediscovering the memorials and the stories they tell will contribute to their physical and cultural rehabilitation—a fitting commemoration of the war and the sacrifices it entailed.
We are building a US WW1 Memorial register through a program called the Memorials Hunters Club. If you locate a memorial that is not on the map we invite you to upload your treasure to be permanently archived in the national register. You can include your choice of your real name, nickname or team name as the explorers who added that memorial to the register. We even have room for a selfie! Check the map, and if you don't see the your memorial CLICK THE LINK TO ADD IT.
The monument is rusticated pink marble with a bronze plaque on the front, listing a roll of honor for those who served in World War I. It is topped with a bronze eagle perched on a marble ball.
It was dedicated on Memorial Day, 1921.
Photo courtesy of: NJ State Historic Preservation Office
References/Bibliography:
“Nation Celebrates War Victory Today” New York Times, November 11, 1920
“Tribute is Paid Postal Workers Who Died in War” Brooklyn Daily Eagle, May 24, 1931
Notes:
The tablet lists the names of the several hundred Brooklyn postal employees who served in the Great War. Eight of these individuals were killed in the conflict.
ust outside of Wyandotte's Bishop Park, along the Detroit River, sits the city's World War I memorial. The memorial's inscription reads "Erected by the citizens of Wyandotte in memory of those who made the supreme sacrifice in the Great World War 1914-1918." The inscription includes the names of 13 men of died during the war.
This is a full-size bronze statue of a WWI soldier, holding his rifle in both hands, pointing it forward and upward. He wears a helmet and backpack, and is stepping forward with his right leg. It marks the grave sites of Willie Gauer and Wallet Ivie, who were killed at Argonne during WWI. It was installed here in 1922 as a tribute to all soldiers and sailors who fought in WWI.
NOTE FROM LES KOPEL THAT THIS IS NOT HERE BUT IN GREECASTLE IN... SO IT IS UNPUBLISHED
Stele:
THAT WE BE FREE /
Tablet:
1941 1945 / THIS TABLET IS DEDICATED TO THE MEN OF THIS/ COMMUNITY WHO MADE THE SUPREME SACRIFICE IN WORLD WAR II /
SSGT. ADAMS, V.J. --- PFC. D'AMATO, L.C. --- SGT. GWIAZDOWSKI, M. --- PVT. PROTO, L. / PFC. ARETINO, D.C. --- SGT. DEODATI, K. --- PFC. KAZAKEVICJ, V.L. --- PVT. RUBINETTI, J. / PVT. BIANCO, A.J. --- CPL. DESIO, J.S. --- LT. KORBELAK, S. --- PFC. RUBINETTI, J. / SFC BIELINSKI, J. --- PVT. DOMANICO, T.J. --- PFC. LA ROCCA, P.F. --- TCPL. RUSSO, J.A. / SSGT. BILASZ, S. --- PVT. FALCO, R. --- SGT. LA TORRE, G.M. --- PFC. SACCONE, A. /
PFC. BOSCO, F.C. --- CPL. FALTER, F.F. --- SGT. LAWOR, G. --- PVT. SANTA MARIA, C. / PVT. BUONAGURO, J.A. --- PFC. FARANDA, F.F. --- PVT. LEONARD, E.A. --- PVT. SCHETTINO, V. / PFC. BUSRUS, A. --- 1ST LT. FEDERICO, D.J. --- PFC. LIGUORI, D.A. --- PVT. SCHMIEDER, A.J. / PVT. CALIENDO, P. --- PFC. FERONE, J.P. --- SFC. LOMBARDI, V.J. --- PFC. SCUDIERE, V. / PFC. CANDELA, S. --- CPL. FILL, J. --- PFC. LOMUTO, F.S. --- PFC. SEVERINO, C. / PFC. CARBONE, R. --- PVT. FORGIONE, V. --- PVT. MADDALONI, L. --- CPL. SIJEWIC, A. / CMOM. CHESTARO, T.W. --- PFC. FORLANO, L.A. --- PVT. MASCIA, V.J. --- SSGT. TAFURI, G. / TSGT. CHIAFARI, F.J. --- PVT. FRANZESE, S. --- PVT. MAZZA, N. --- CPL. THOMAS, A.J. / SSGT. CHIPICHETTA, J.A. --- COX. FURINO, L.A. --- CPL. MONTEFORTE, F.J. --- PFC. TITANO, S.C. / PFC. CIA, J. --- PVT. GAGAS, C.J. --- PFC. MURAWSKI, M. --- PVT. UVINO, A. P. / PFC. CIANTRO, JR., P. --- PL.SGT, GATTO, J.D. --- CPL. PACIA, M.A. --- PFC. VELOTTA, F.P. / CPL. CIFALDI, J. --- LT.FR. GIORGIO, E.J. --- PFC. PALLADINO, F.D. --- SSGT. VINTIS, C.V. / SGT. CIMINO, V.J. --- PVT. GRASSANO, N. --- PVT. PECORA, F.D. --- PFC. VITACCO, S. / PFC. CORTWRIGHT, W.H. --- PVT. GUIDICE, A.M. --- PFC. PIZZONIA, A. --- SFC. YODICE, G. I. / PVT. GUIDICE, J.V. --- PFC. POPPOPA, J. / ERECTED BY THE TWENTY-SEVEN MEMORIAL POST NO. 1751, AMERICAN LEGION /
Located in what is now Uptown Greenwood, this monument initially paid tribute to the fallen from World War I but later included those from World War II, Korea, and Vietnam. Originally placed in 1929, the remaining two sides were put to good use in their own time.
North Plaque: Erected November 11, 1929 by the Greenwood Post No. 20 of the American Legion the Legion Auxiliary and the Citizens of Greenwood County in honor of the brave men who sacrificed their lives so that liberty and justice might reign throughout the world.
The Grenada Town Square, is surrounded by Doak St., Green St (street name on maps vary), South Main St and 1st St. On the Square you will find the Bandstand, Civil War Confederate Soldiers Memorial Monument for Grenada County and the Grenada County Soldiers Memorial listing the names of Grenada County soldiers, sailors, marines and airmen who gave their lives in the defense of the United States in World War 1, World War 2, Korea War and the Vietnam War.
Besides the names, There is an inscription that begins:
BLESS ALL WHO SERVED GOD, GIVE YOUR KINDLY BLESSING TO ALL WHO SERVED IN WAR AND PEACE…
