Memorial

This is a bronze life-size WWI doughboy wearing a helmet, leggings, rolled-up shirtsleeves and an ammunition belt. He holds the barrel of his rifle in front of himself, with its butt resting by his left foot. Beneath is a native stone boulder with a plaque dedicat­ing it to the 89 boys of the town of Schaghticoke who served In WWI.

Dedicated to the residents who served in WW1

Dedicated on July 18, 1936 and rededicated on June 20, 1962, this is an 18-foot tall sculpture of a right hand holding a gilded-bronze flaming sword. On the sword's handle is a carved shield with a five-pointed star and a profile of an Indian chief (the second Division's insignia). This memorial was sculpted by James Earle Fraser (1876-1953) and honors the 17,669 members of the Second Division who died in World War I, World War II, and the Korean War.  

Paterson's Second Ward War Memorial is an allegorical female figure of America.  She stands holding a staff in her right hand, classically draped in long robes.  On her head, she wears a laurel wreath.  A flag with the words "Don't Tread on Me" hangs on her left side.

The sculptor was Paterson's own, Gaetano Federici. 

The inscription reads:  "Erected by the People of the Second Ward and Friends in honor of those who served and died for our country in the World War 1917-1918 / Died in Service (list of 25 names) Nurses in Service (list of 10 names) Enlisted in Service (list of 38 names)."

A bronze plaque on back of base lists an additional 216 names. 

The sculpture was originally installed on a center island in Union Avenue, then was moved to the north side of the street, and was later relocated to West Side Park in 1949 due to traffic concerns and increasing vandalism. In West Side Park, the sculpture was installed in the center of a large circular reflecting pool, but the pool was later drained. Vandalism continued in West Side Park, and in 1979, the sculpture was knocked to the ground in an unsuccessful theft attempt. 

Narrative adapted from Smithsonian Institution Research Information System (SIRIS) inventory #77002923.

Photos courtesy of: Smithsonian Institution Research Information System (SIRIS)

A life size copper statue of a WWI infantryman rests on a rose marble and granite base. The figure carries a rifle through No Man's Land, and appears to be ready to throw a hand grenade. The base is inscribed with the names of war dead from WWI, WWII, and the Korean and Vietnam Wars. lt was originally dedicated in 1920 by the Pettis County American Legion Post No. 16.

February 23, 1919, the monument was first unveiled at Central Park (now Centennial Park), honoring 11 men from Seminole County who died in service to their country in WWI. It is made of marble and in the form of a broken shaft symbolizing the youthful lives sacrificed in the prime of manhood for the "Cause of the right and the just." F.L. Miller of Milvis Marble Co. presented the monument to Seminole County.

February 24, 1985, the monument was moved to the American Legion Post 53 at 3506 Orlando Drive.

June 1988, the monument was moved to the American Legion's new home at 2874 S. Sanford Ave in Sanford.

November 11, 2006, the monument was moved to a place of honor here at the Veterans Memorial Park.

May 28, 2007, the monument was rededicated to the people of Seminole County.

This memorial is located within the Seminole National Cemetery. It is composed of a large concrete memorial stone which is dedicated to all Seminole veterans. The concrete memorial bears the seals of each branch of the military, and beside the memorial stands the American flag, the Seminole Nation flag, and the POW/MIA flag.

The Seneca Nation of Indians Veterans Memorial is located outside the Seneca Office Building in Niagara Falls. It bears the names of Seneca soldiers who lost their lives in U.S. military service.

This memorial was dedicated in 2005, and it sits by the entrance of the Sequoia High School.

At the top of the memorial are the emblems of the California National Guard, United States Air Force, The United States Marine Corps, United States Army, United States Navy, United States Coast Guard, United States Merchant Marines. Below that is the school's seal.

Inscribed above the students names reads: "Sequoia High School students who gave their lives while serving in the United States Armed Forces."

Of the many Sequoia High School veterans, only two served in WWI. They are: “Lloyd E. Thrush, and James Lindsay Wilson”

Inscribed on the back, reads:

"Sequoia Veterans Memorial
Dedicated September 17, 2005
To the Families and Friends of
These Brave Sequoians
A Labor of Love by Dee Rowan Eva
Class of 1961."

Statue of World War I hero Sergeant Alvin C. York located on the grounds of the Tennessee State House in Nashville, Tennessee.

The base of the statue is inscribed:

Front:

ALVIN C. YORK
ARMED WITH HIS RIFLE AND PISTOL, HIS COURAGE AND SKILL THIS ONE TENNESSEAN
SILENCED A GERMAN BATTALION OF 35 MACHINE GUNS KILLING 25 ENEMY SOLDIERS AND CAPTURING 132 IN THE ARGONNE FOREST OF FRANCE, OCTOBER 8, 1918.

Left Side:

ALVIN C. YORK
1887-1964
PALL MALL FENTRESS COUNTY
TENNESSEE

Right Side:

FELIX DE WELDON
SCULPTOR
MONUMENT ERECTED 1968
BY ACT OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY
OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE

Back:

WHAT YOU DID WAS THE GREATEST THING ACCOMPLISHED
BY ANY PRIVATE SOLDIER OF ALL THE ARMIES OF EUROPE.
MARSHAL FERDINAND FOCH
COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF ALLIED ARMIES

1. SGT. JOSEPH E. SCHAEFER / MEDAL OF HONOR / 

2. SGT. JOSEPH E. SCHAEFER / COMPANY I 18TH INFANTRY / FIRST INFANTRY DIVISION / UNITED STATES ARMY ['1' in shield] / 

3. AWARDED CONGRESSIONAL / MEDAL OF HONOR / IN 1944 / 

4. DEFENDED AMERICAN POSITION / AT STOLBERG, GERMANY / 24, SEPTEMBER 1944 / 

5. WORLD WAR II - KOREA / 1941-1945 --- 1950-1951 / 

6. RESIDENT OF RICHMOND HILL / FOR MORE THAN 40 YEARS / 

7. SGT. SCHAEFER'S INDOMITABLE / COURAGE AND HIS DETERMINATION / WERE RESPONSIBLE FOR STOPPING / AN ENEMY BREAKTHROUGH / PRESIDENT TRUMAN / 

8. LAST. OTHER DECORATIONS / TWO SILVER STARS, BRONZE STAR / THREE PURPLE HEARTS / THE LEGION OF MERIT / FRENCH CROIX DE GUERRE /

Homer Gunn sculpted this bronze serpentine wall which is ten feet tall and approximately 100 feet long, weighing three tons. It has on it relief and cut-out images illustrating twentieth century warfare from WWI through the Korean War. WWII is symbolized with the 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor, airplanes, jeeps, trucks moving across a pontoon bridge, a helmet, a landing barge, submarines, a Sherman tank, paratroopers, an M1 rifle, flying fortresses, an aircraft carrier, the Pacific front with palm trees, a PT boat and the first atomic bomb. The Korean War is represented by the United Nations building, B-24 bombers, helicopters, a Walker tank, a walkie-talkie, a bazooka, jet planes, a wounded soldier tended by a medic, soldiers around a campfire and a map of Korea. It was dedicated on November 11, 1965, to those who served and died in those wars.

This is a flagpole topped with a bronze eagle and four reliefs carved onto an octagonal granite base.  It was sculpted by Benjamin Franklin Hawkins and dedicated by the Service Star Legion in October of 1932 to honor the veterans of World War I.

Background: A report surfaced in the June 2,1927 edition of the Milwaukee Sentinel stating that there was discussion and debate arising as to where to best place a monument to soldiers and sailors, intended to be erected by the Milwaukee Chapter of the Service Star Legion, an organization of war mothers.

Location debate continued while the group considered designs for the project, and finally settled on a replica "doughboy" statue, of which there were already three erected in various eastern cities. Unfortunately, Milwaukee's Art Commission rejected the selection, causing members of the Service Star Legion to appeal to Milwaukee's alderman to overrule the Art Commission by resolution. Alderman John Koerner answered the call, and introduced a resolution at a special Milwaukee Common Council meeting in late July 1930, which was approved. This set up a stand-off for a time between the commission and the council, with A. C. Hansen, Secretary of the Art Commission, being quoted in an August 1, 1930 Milwaukee Journal article as citing a state law that gave the commission primacy over public art installation decisions, making the council's action void. It was eventually ruled that Hansen was right, and the Milwaukee Art Commission's decision stood.

This slowed project momentum while the Service Star Legion figured out how to follow through with the Art Commission's request that they hold a contest to pick an artist. The contest commenced in 1933, and members of the Legion met at the Art Institution on September 18, 1933 to view the 17 models that came in from artists throughout the country. Alfred G. Pelikan, director of the Art Institution, was quoted in a September 20, 1933 Milwaukee Journal article as saying, "We are just helping to arrange the exhibition. I was asked to help judge the memorial contest, but I said 'nosiree.' I've got enough trouble of my own."

While the women of the Service Star Legion ultimately settled on Benjamin Franklin Hawkins' flagpole design, they were reported to have little enthusiasm for it. Mrs. Louis Manegold, chairwoman of the Legion's Memorial Design Committee, said, "We picked this as the best of the designs submitted, but there was not one in the competition that appealed to us as much as the doughboy. He seemed typical of the feeling of the boys when we saw them come home in 1919. This is graceful and impressive, but it doesn't express a thing."

From there, developments moved quickly from approval to planning, and then to a groundbreaking ceremony on August 1, 1934 at the chosen site, a small triangle of land bounded by N. Second St., N. Plankinton Ave. and W. Wells St. A few months later the project was complete, and a dedication ceremony was held on November 11, 1934, then known as Armistice Day. The flagpole unveiling was seen as the highlight of the day honoring the 750 Milwaukeeans who lost their lives in World War I.

The flagpole stayed in its location until June 14, 1979, when it was moved to be closer to the War Memorial Center as part of MacArthur Memorial Week, June 7 - 14. The flagpole had stood taller at its original location, installed atop two octagonal granite stones, but was relocated with only one of those base stones to the new location.

This site has four granite memorial markers for those who have served in all wars, listed by service branch. Gold stars mark the names of those who died in service. Around the markers and a central memorial structure stand seven flags: one for each branch of service, the United States flag, and the POW/MIA flag.

Granite monument located in front of the Sharpsburg Town Hall honoring those from the Sharpsburg area who served during World War I.

There are three bronze markers bearing the names of 67 men from Sharpsburg and the district.