Memorial

Front side


Medallion
American Legion 


MAINTAINED BY 
DANIEL M. O'CONNELL POST 272 
AMERICAN LEGION 


Plaque - front side

IF YE BREAK FAITH 
WITH US 
WE SHALL NOT SLEEP 
HONOR ROLL 
1917 --- WORLD WAR --- 1919 
WALTER BATES 
IRVING FRIEDMAN 
FRANK GEORGE 
CHARLES HARRIS 
JEROME O. HEINE 
NELSON HEWLETT 
CHARLES JACOB 
ALBERT MAHER 
PETER MOONEY 
JOSEPH MCVAY 
CHARLES W. MURRAY 
DANIEL M. O'CONNELL 
LOUIS E. REYNOLDS 
ROBER F. RINCK 
NICHOLAS SCHETTING 
JULIUS STRAUSS 
ARTHUR THOMPSON 
1917 --- WORLD WAR --- 1919 


Plaque - west side

1941 --- 1945 
DEDICATED TO 
THOSE WHO MADE 
THE SUPREME SACRIFICE 
DURING WORLD WAR II 
FRANCIS T. ACTON, JR. --- JOHN M. LEWIS, JR. 
PHILIP AGLIATA --- HAROLD LORMAN 
GODFREY R. AMES --- THOMAS MCARDLE 
ARTHUR A. AMRON --- MYLES J. MCPARTLAND 
JOSEPH N. ANGELONE --- BERNARD MEEHAN 
JOSEPH ARCARIO, JR. --- FRED J. MEEHAN 
JAMES M. BARRAVECHIA --- DONALD F. MURDOCK 
IRVING BELDNER --- EDWARD MUROFCHICK 
SAUL W. BERSON --- JAMES F. O'BRIEN 
HAROLD J. BLANTHORN --- FRANCIS X. O'CONNELL 
JOHN B. BRADY --- VINCENT W. O'KEEFE 
LEONARD BUSCHEL --- OWEN P. O'REILLY 
CORNELIUS M. CALPIN --- ALEXANDER G. OLSEN 
SAMUEL P. CARCANIS --- GIRTSOL OPPENHEIMER 
SAM CASALINO --- ALFRED ORLANDO 
MARTIN F. COOGAN --- ISIDORE REIMER 
JOHN E. CORRIGAN --- ALDO J. RIVARA 
RICHARD H. DAVIS --- HAROLD W. ROBERTS 
HENRY J. DEHNERT --- GEORGE P. ROLLY 
THOMAS J. DENAPOLI --- STANLEY D. ROSE 
PATRICK J. DONAHUE --- MICHAEL F. ROTONDO 
JOHN G. DUNN --- OTTO SCHAFFNER 
ALAN EVANS --- HERBERT SCHIMEK 
VINCENT J. FAY --- JULES D. SCHLICHTER 
OSCAR FINKELSTEIN --- SAMUEL J. SCHLOSSER 
ARNOLD P. FOX --- DONALD R. SCHNEIDER 
EDWARD GLEASON --- JACK P. SCHWARTZ 
WILLIAM H. GUTERDING --- LLOYD SEASONWEIN 
WALTER F. HAWTHORNE --- LOUIS SEIDMAN 
PATRICK F. HESLIN --- MURRAY SEIFF 
MELVILLE T. HESS --- DONALD W. SELZ 
HERBERT HOPFENBERG --- DAVID DANIEL SHAPIRO 
GEORGE P. HUMMEL --- FRANK SORENSEN 
CHARLES JAMIESON --- HERBERT SPRINGER 
JAMES KEHOE --- JOSEPH L. THIER 
AUSTIN E. KELLY --- JOSEPH S. VELARDI 
JAMES P. KENNY --- PAUL VERDONE 
PHILIP J. KIELEY --- WILBERT A. WANKEL 
SAMUEL KITOGRAD --- ALVIN S. WEISS 
LEONARD KRAM --- BERNARD H. WIENER 
SOL. IRVING LANDAU --- GEORGE A. WILLIAM 
JOHN LEWIS --- JOHN P. ZIMMER 


Plaque - east side

1950 --- KOREA --- 1955 
IN MEMORY OF THOSE WHO SERVED THEIR COUNTRY 
THOMAS W. AUGUST --- GEORGE MAMMES --- RALPH R. MITOLA 
JOSEPH DIPIETRO --- GEORGE V. MCCORMICK --- EDWARD P. O'DONNELL 
JAMES F. FARRELL --- EDMUND J. MCGRATH --- DANIEL P. ROGERS 
WALTER F. GROSS --- MORTIMER DOMROE --- WILLIAM VOGEL 



1961 --- VIETNAM --- 1975 
IN OUR HEARTS AND MINDS 
THEY SHALL LIVE FOREVER 
STEDMAN ADAMS --- WILLIAM HAYES --- WILLIAM MORRIS 
GERALD BREEN --- CHARLES R. HEMPEL --- DAVID C. NELSON 
MCKINLEY CAUGHMAN --- THOMAS HOARE --- COSMO PACETTA 
JOSE CRESPO --- ELBERT R. HUBSCHMITT --- JOSEPH A. SILON 
WILLIAM H. DORAN --- TERRANCE P. JORDAN --- DANIEL J. SULLIVAN 
MICHAEL ELFLEIN --- JAMES F. LUCAS --- PHILIP A. TINGLEY 
HAROLD B. ELSERT --- JOHN MCGONIGAL --- WILLIE J. WASHINGTON 
FRANK FLORIO --- PETER T. MELAHAN --- WALTER WETZEL 
HOWARD M. GERSTEL --- GARY K. MORRIS --- FREDERICK F. WOODWARD 
STEVEN V. GOLDSTEIN --- EDWARD J. ZEWERT 

Achitect: William van Alen

To commemorate those who, at the call of country, left all, endured hardships, faced danger, and finally passed out of sight of men by the path of duty, giving up their lives that others might live in freedom. A list of 49 names of men from Harrisonburg and Rockingham County who died in service during World War I.

Pictures by Kevin W. at https://www.hmdb.org/marker.asp?marker=20870

In May 1939 the Navy Department donated a 4.7 field piece to the American Legion Westmoreland County Post 148. This gun was transported to the Post Lot on Colonial Avenue across opposite the Dance Pavilion in June. In October 1939 the field piece was moved the triangle of property across from the Catholic Church, said property being owned by the Town. The Post also placed blocks under the field piece and painted the field piece in December. In March 1940, the Post requested permission from the Mayor to erect a flagpole at that location. In September 1942 the War Production Board requested the Post sell the field piece and turn it into scrap to help in the drive for old scrap iron. The membership voted to give the field piece to the authorities at Fort Belvoir if they would haul it away. On Sunday, October 5, 1947 at 2pm the War Memorial was finally dedicated after many years of planning and fundraising. One plaque containing the names of World War I & II veterans was secured to a marble base. Admiral C. Turner Joy and Mayor W.D. Williams officiated. In 1950 another gun was requested. The gun was the three inch gun currently at the Memorial. To date, additional names from other conflicts have yet to be added. In 1989 the Memorial was renovated. From the Journal Press NOVEMBER 7, 1989. Renovation of Colonial Beach War Memorial in progress Donations needed for plaques by L. Coates "Each brick is carefully nudged into place. An eagle eye ascertains whether its a perfect fit. An additional tap causes the bubble in the level to hit dead center. Such precision, such time consuming effort. For several hours each day; off and on over the course of two years, this labor of love for all veterans has been undertaken by Reverend Robert Lawrence and numerous associates. Their goal has been the renovation of the Colonial Beach War Memorial. Built in 1947 to honor ‘the Colonial Beach Boys' who served in World War I, World War II and the Merchant Marines, the memorial was on the verge of devastation. "The ground was giving way and there were cracks in it," noted Frances Karn Karn only has to peer out her porch window to see the memorial that her late brother, James D. Karn, was instrumental in having built. In the past few years, Reverend Lawrence, Tommy Salingrer, Bob Bristow, the late Irie S. Nichols, the late David Tubbs, the late Lawrence Torrence, the late Lloyd Thomas, Carlton Garrett, Marvin Cowan, Don Warner, Bill Timms, A1 Hicks and many others have joined forces to see that the memorial stood intact. They have since succeeded in building steps to the memorial, are currently working on paving the entire base and hope to install a sidewalk and handrail in the near future. The ultimate goal, noted Karn, is to add plaques to recognize the local men who served in the armed forces during the Korean and Vietnam Wars. The late Jimmy Karn, a young man with Bulber polio, who spent many an hour writing to the men over seas, sending them newspaper clippings and writing articles about the servicemen in a local paper, spearheaded the effort for the memorial. L. C. Costenbader, Mayor of Colonial Beach at the time, was able to get the state to. donate a triangle of land on a beachfront street in Colonial Beach for the memorial. E.E. McCartney, a retired Naval Chief and Commander of the American Legion Post, was able to obtain a gun from a World War lI ship that completes the memorial. While many a child, and adults, too, are attracted to that tremendous gun, a plaque inscribed with numerous names, brings home the reason for the gun being placed there. Dedicated on October 5, 1947, the memorial is a result of numerous pledges by the community. In recent years, an additional $4802 has been raised to restore the memorial. Ms. Karn noted however, that those funds were dwindling fast. "There is probably enough left to finish the block work," she said, "but a lot more is needed for the memorial part itself (the additional plaques)." Kam noted that the free labor provided by the previously mentioned men along with donations of mortar sand from Bowie's Sand and Gravel (George and Marie Bowie) and other donations have kept the restoration efforts alive. Karn tries to supply the workers with drinks as often as possible. Others often provide lunch. Of the volunteer efforts Karn says "It's such a wonderful community thing. How many people do you know would get on their hands and knees and do that?" With cold weather approaching, Reverend Lawrence noted that his work will have to cease until the spring."

The courthouse was built in 1922, replacing an older one. The monument is dated to 1928.
Note the cut off log behind the statue; this is a funerary symbol for a life cut short.

The striking rose window in the façade of Morristown’s Church of the Redeemer is dedicated as a memorial to those who returned from World War I.  Built in 1917, the pudding stone, Gothic Revival church was designed by the NY architectural firm, Parish & Schroeder. 

The stained glass rose window features elaborate stone tracery radiating from a central stone quatrefoil containing the Greek letters, Alpha and Omega.  Radiating spokes form the stems of elaborate leaves, each of which has a central stained glass shield. Between the spokes are six stained glass figures, possibly representing Apostles.  The beautiful window is placed within a circular quarry-faced stone surround.  The window was designed & fabricated by the English firm of Heaton, Butler & Bayne. 

Photos courtesy of:  NJ State Historic Preservation Office 

Built in 1910, the Roseville Avenue Armory was home to the elite horsemen of Essex Troop, which joined the National Guard in 1893 as Cavalry Company A.  The troop trained & held mounted drills at the site. 

The Essex Troop was called to active duty in 1917 for service in World War I.  They served in France not as cavarly, but as military police & artillery. 

Today, the old Essex Troop lineage is carried on in the 102nd Armored Regiment. 

Narrative adapted from NJ State Dept. of Military & Veterans Affairs official website. 

Photos courtesy of:  Col. Leonard Luzky

A female figure in high relief dominates Roslindale’s World War I Memorial. She holds a palm of victory in her right hand, and against her left side she holds the sheathed sword of peace. She stands against a vertical granite shaft twelve feet high. The shaft is backed by a horizontal granite block nineteen feet long, bearing on its face the inscription: “Roslindale honors its victorious sons and daughters in World War I. In the glory of their youth we shall remember them.”

This monument is surely one of the last World War I memorials to be erected in the United States, if not the last. The sculptor Henry Albert Atkins created a design for a monument shortly after the war, but it was not erected because of insufficient funds. However, the money that had been raised for Atkins’ monument remained in a bank account, where it sat untouched for over thirty years until Frederick Davis, a local businessman, discovered the forgotten sum. Davis became the main proponent to resurrect the WWI Memorial project. He chaired a community committee, which held a new design competition won by Gordon Carr. The monument was dedicated in 1959, and Roslindale finally had its World War I Memorial. Carr’s design bears some similarities to at least one sculpture by Henry Albert Atkins, so it is possible that Carr was familiar with Atkins’ work. Allegorical depictions of Peace are featured on several other Boston-area monuments as well.

This veterans' cemetery (actually composed of 25 separate cemeteries) is located just outside Roslyn, WA and contains a memorial for those "who made the supreme sacrifice" during WW1. Machine guns originally stood where the flower pots are in the above photo, but they were stolen in the 1990s. The photo gallery contains closeups of the memorial, a photo of the cemetery in general, and a photo of a board showing historical information about the cemetery.

Set near a group of benches, this bronze WWI soldier stands, holding a rifle by his right side. He wears high-laced boots, a multi-pocketed jacket, and helmet and a shoulder bag slung over his left shoulder. It was sculpted by R. Rogers Aston and honors those who served in WWI and those alumni of the New Mexico Military Acad­emy who lost their lives in that war. It was placed here in 1985.

Located at the William DeSanders Alumni Memorial Plaza.

John Paulding (1883-1935) sculpted this bronze statue of a uniformed World War I infantryman in a charging pose, holding a rifle in his right hand and holding his left aloft.  His accessories include a gas mask and a canteen.  It is supported by a square base of gray granite, and was erected in 1929.

The inscription reads:

Rusk County

"Greater love
hath no man
than this."

1917 - 1918

IN MEMORY OF / S. RANKIN DREW / KILLED IN ACTION MAY-19-1918 / THIS TREE WAS PLANTED / MAY-19-1920 / BY S. RANKIN DREW POST / AMERICAN LEGION /

This memorial is located outside of the Sac & Fox Tribal Office complex in Reserve, Kansas, and is made of black granite. There is an inscription along the top of the monument which reads: “Sac and Fox Nation of Missouri Veterans.” There is another inscription along the bottom of the monument which reads: “All gave some, some gave all.” And the last inscription runs vertically, from top to bottom, and reads: “Lest we forget.”

The names of veterans and the branch of the military in which they served are inscribed upon the middle-section of the memorial stone.

The Sac & Fox Nation memorial stands near the Sac & Fox Nation Chapel in Stroud, Oklahoma. It is made of red and grey granite. There is an inscription along the top of the memorial which reads: “wâ tâ thâ.” In the middle, there is a picture of three Sac & Fox Nation soldiers, one dressed in the tribe’s traditional regalia, and the other two dressed in contemporary US military clothing. There is another inscription along the bottom which reads: “Dedicated to the Memory of Our Warriors Past, Present, & Future.”