The text on this monument reads:
In honor of those who made the supreme sacrifice in World War 1914-1918
Ballinger, Roy C.
Bower, Ollie G.
Clapper, Earl F.
Collier, Robert E.
Drain, Benjamin S.
Farr, George E.
Finney, Emmert O.
Fitzpatrick, John U.
Gaines, Fletcher W.
Mastings, Owen
Howard, Jerry
Hughes, George
Meyer, Dennis C.
Moss, Leland S.
Oak, Elmer
Schofield, F. Lee
Wilson, Robert K.
The inscription on this memorial plaque reads:
In memory of
Henry Luckett Clapham • Ira Moser Derr • Thomas Franklin Ewers • John Chrisman Goghenour • Washington Berry Grove • Marshall Earle Martin • Wilmer Birdie Miller • Garnett Otis Nelson • Hubert Monroe Phares • Joseph Rodney Power • Thomas Christian Reinhart • William Bryan Swisher • Kenna McCarta Weber
who gave their lives for their country
★★★★★★
and in honor of
one hundred ninety seven others
of this college who rendered
service in the World War
1917 - 1919
Erected by the Senior Class of 1918, presented to Shepherd College.
Attached to a granite millstone is a bronze inscription plaque honoring the Shutesbury men who served in WWI, dedicated in May of 1937. There is also a while framed honor roll of those who died in WWII.
This memorial site is located within the Paul Washington Indian Cemetery and is dedicated to Siletz veterans. The memorial site is composed of five black granite memorial stones. Those memorial stones bear the Siletz seal, the seals of the branches of the military, and the names of veterans. There is also a black granite bench in the middle of the memorial site.
These memorial walls honor the fallen from all wars beginning with WW1. They encircle three flags: the Arkansas state flag, the POW/MIA flag, and the flag of the United States. In front of the memorial walls stands a statue of a servicemember's helmet, rifle, and boots. The statue's plaque reads: To The World They Were Soldiers / To Their Family They Were The World. The memorial wall reads: This Memorial Is Dedicated To The Courage And Sacrifice Of Those Who Served Their Country In Long Forgotten And Faraway Places. The Memory Of Their Deeds Will Be Enduring And Imperishable To The Rigors Of Time.
A bronze plaque on this stone obelisk reads: "A Memorial Erected in Memory of All War Veterans of Silver Bow County." Visible on the memorial is an empty space for a similar plaque; replacement and restoration efforts are underway, but first historical research must be done to determine what was written on the plaque.
In 1873, the Singer Sewing Machine Manufacturing Co. purchased 32 acres of land in Elizabeth, NJ and established its first factory in the US. The company isn’t credited with inventing the sewing machine, but founder Isaac Singer made crucial improvements to machine designs, patenting 12 ideas in 1857 alone. By the time the Elizabeth factory opened, Singer was selling more sewing machines than all of its competitors combined.
During WWI, the Singer Company converted from manufacturing sewing machines to making 75-mm cannons & the famous .45 automatic pistol.
The factory operated in Elizabeth for 109 years. In 1982, the last 560 workers at the 1,400,000 square foot factory were laid off, and the facility closed. The building still stands & is home to an industrial park.
Narrative adapted from "Made in Jersey: Singer sewing machines had the market sewn up;" Greg Hatala; The Star-Ledger, November 18, 2013.
Photo courtesy of: New Jersey State Archives
The following is an account of the signing of the US WWI Peace Treaty published in the New York Times issue of May 27, 1984:
"Although the other Allies accepted the Treaty of Versailles, a vicious, partisan battle over its adoption erupted in the United States. ... Formal peace did not come for another two years: July 2, 1921. The place the war ended was in rural Somerset County.
The US resolution contained some of the provisions of the Treaty of Versailles, but not membership in the League of Nations.
As the debate in Congress was ending, President Warren Harding left to spend a relaxing Fourth of July weekend at the picturesque country home of Senator Joseph S. Frelinghuysen in Somerville, NJ.
The President was accompanied by his wife and a group of cronies from the Senate and the House. The Presidential party arrived on Friday evening, July 1, after taking the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad from Washington to Bound Brook.
The following day, a White House courier arrived with the resolution that had just been adopted by Congress, and reporters described the ensuing events with the sort of colorful journalistic detail that characterized newspaper reporting in those days.
President Harding, who had been playing golf at the Somerset Hills Country Club, returned to the Frelinghuysen home in an automobile. He was wearing ''a Palm Beach suit, white shoes, white socks with black clocks, a white shirt buttoned by removable gold studs and a green and red bow tie.''
He met the White House courier on the front porch, where he read through the documents. The President then entered through the front door and sat at a table.
About 30 people crowded into the room, including reporters, photographers, Secret Service agents, Washington dignitaries, the Frelinghuysen children, the acting Governor of New Jersey, butlers, maids, chauffeurs and gardeners.
A reporter asked Senator Frelinghuysen what he called the room.
''Oh, I don't know,'' he said, ''library, living room, parlor - anything you please.''
A group of Somerset County officials, including Sherrif Bogart Conkling, had brought along a feathery quill pen for the President to use, but he instead took a ''new steel pen in an ordinary wooden holder'' from Senator Frelinghuysen.
In silence, except for the clicking of cameras, the President signed the resolution.
''That's all,'' he said, in what must be one of the most unmemorable lines ever uttered in a historic moment.
At that point, a large drop of ink fell from the pen to the page, obscuring part of Mr. Harding's signature. An aide applied a blotter, and the document was placed in a leather pouch to be returned to Washington.
After a few moments of conversation, the President and his party departed for some more golf, this time at the Raritan Valley Country Club.
Nobody is quite sure how it got there, but the desk on which President Harding signed the resolution is tucked away in a small room in the concrete and glass library on the Rutgers-Newark campus. There is no plaque or marker on it, and it is used principally as a conference table for librarians."
Today, a small plaque commemorates the location of the former Senator Joseph S. Frelinghuysen home in Somerville, NJ. It is located at the entrance to the Somerville Circle Shopping Center.
Photo courtesy of: Somerset County Historical Society; original credit: Unionist-Gazette newspaper, 1921
This monument commemorates the 47 men of Draft Board District 61 who lost their lives in World War I. Dedicated on Armistice Day (now Veterans Day), November 11, 1922, the monument consists of a polished Stoney Creek granite stele bearing a classical bronze relief by Charles Keck (1875–1951).
The Slope County Veterans Memorial was one of the last ones dedicated specifically to veterans of WWI in North Dakota. Since it was dedicated in June of 1940, when a major war was being fought in Europe, the designers left room on the other side to add another memorial should the United States enter what would be become WWII. This memorial is built from petrified wood supporting a granite tablet.
"Solano County's Tribute to Its Fallen Heroes, 1917 - 1919"
50 names are listed on the rear panel of the memorial's pedestal. Memorial is in front of the old Solano County Courthouse. The memorial is flanked on either side by unique 47mm Rotating 5 barrel cannons that were made in 1883/84.
This is a 45-foot white concrete tower with windows and bas-reliefs depicting World War I soldiers. Three are white, one is black, and all are painted with a brown gun and boots, green uniform, and beige background. A circular staircase inside leads to an observation platform. This monument was erected as a tribute to the 6,341 people from Contra Costa County who served in WWI and the 77 who died. A plaque was added in 1954 to honor those who died in WWII and the Korean War
The Soldiers Memorial, better known as The Doughboy, is located in front of the Hampshire County Courthouse. It is a life-size stone figure of a WWI soldier on a stone base and includes a a bronze tablet that lists the names of the 27 who died during WWI from Hampshire County. Approximately 490 men from the county served in the war. The memorial was dedicated on May 13, 1928 and has recently been restored in honor of the centennial of World War I. The inscription reads:
In honor of Hampshire's sons who gave their lives and their service in the World War
"We are the dead,
Short days ago we lived,
Felt dawn, saw sunset glow,
Loved and were loved."
Lieut. Robert W. Gilkeson • Corp. James Cleveland Lee • Corp. Joshua Davis Slonaker • John Frederick Abe • Arthur C. Bean • Edward Leslie Brown • Thomas Franklin Ewers • Ferman Lee Fultz • Jesse Jones Haines • William Lee Horn • Harry Myron Jackson • Harry Guy Leith • Arthur Sylvester nelson • Ova Truman Parrill • Charles Albert Poland • Joseph Rodney Power • Marshall Pultz • Carter Carson Racey • Herman Herbert Racey • Elza mayo Saville • Roy Sylvester Shanholtzer • Willis Richard Shoemaker • William Bryan Swisher • Foreman Francis Taylor • Edgar Triplett • Charles C. Wolford
Erected 1928 by The Hampshire Review.
This elaborate memorial rests on a slightly curved stone base with four Corinthian columns supporting an ornate, slightly curved roof. Between the columns stands a stone pedestal with a bronze plaque on the front, topped by an eagle with its wings outspread.
This memorial, commemorating those who served in World War I, was designed by J&R Lamb Company of New York, and erected by Ellsworth Matthews of Lakewood, NJ. The local War Memorial Committee raised $8,000 through benefit dances and personal contributions over a two-year period.
This monument replaced a temporary wooden one that was located at the intersection of Second Street & Clifton Avenue.
Photo courtesy of: Ocean County Cultural & Heritage Commission
Vintage photo courtesy of: Sheldon Wolpin Lakewood Historical Museum
The Soldiers and Sailors Monument in Ramsey, NJ is an elegant classical composition that sits in a grassy island in a park. Flanked by two other honor roll memorials, the monuments are set in front of a backdrop of six flagpoles with flags, three on either side of the World War I monument.
The monument sits on a stone slab base constructed of three stepped slabs. Rising from either side of the top slab are baseless fluted Doric columns with a full entablature including triglyphs and guttae. The monument is crowned by a pedimented gable. A bronze honor roll plaque is set in a stone surround between the two columns.
Photos courtesy of: Ramsey Historical Association
Vintage postcard courtesy of: Ramsey Historical Association, Collection of Daniel Kennedy
This Soldiers & Sailors Monument is a full-length figure of a World War I soldier, wearing a uniform and hat. His left arm is outstretched holding a rifle. In his right hand he holds a grenade which he is positioned to toss. The painted bronze sculpture stands on a white concrete base.
The monument was installed by the Hudson City Soldiers & Sailors Welfare League in 1930.
Narrative adapted from Smithsonian Institution Research Information System (SIRIS) inventory #NJ000481.
Photo courtesy of: Smithsonian Institution Research Information System (SIRIS)
Wallington's monument was created by local citizens as an expression of gratitude, respect & remembrance to those who served in the "Great War."
Wallington's VFW Pavlick-Koster Post #1640, named after two Wallington war heroes, was formed in 1932, with 40 World War I veterans.
In addition, an honor roll, framing the names of all the men in service, is still displayed in the council chamber of the municipal building.
Narrative adapted from Wallington Borough, NJ official website.
Photos courtesy of: NJ State Historic Preservation Office
This World War Memorial is of a soldier and his rifle. Inscription on plaque:
Dedicated By
This Community
To The Honor Of Our
Soldiers & Sailors
1922
