Montclair's landmark World War I memorial in Edgemont Park consists of a tall granite obelisk. The shaft is surmounted by a bronze female figure of Liberty. She stands on a globe which is upheld by eagles. Her right arm is raised straight in the air; her left arm is held out in blessing.

At the base of the obelisk stands a bronze figure grouping. At the front of the group is a WWI soldier, dressed in uniform and carrying a rifle. Behind him is a figure of a sailor.
Columbia, a full-length female figure, stands behind and above the two male figures. She wears a helmet and holds a round shield in her left hand, towering over the soldier & sailor.
The bronze grouping stands on a stepped base surrounded by a flagstone platform.

This memorial was funded by popular subscription; $85,000 was raised. The municipality contributed an additional $6,000 to build two small bridges and to grade the island in the park on which the memorial stands.

Narrative adapted from Smithsonian Institution Research Information System (SIRIS) inventory #NJ000507. 

Photos courtesy of: Lee Sandstead
Vintage postcard courtesy of:  Rutgers University Libraries, Special Collections and University Archives

Donald F. Curran, a Danbury resident who won a design competition, designed this bronze sculpture of four soldiers and a sailor encircling a flagpole.  The World War I soldier stands with his leg slightly extended, left arm raised to his waist.  The Spanish-American War soldier crouches and holds a rifle.  The Civil War soldier kneels, holding a sword.  The soldier from the Revolutionary War holds a bugle and flagstaff.  The sailor is kneeling and holds signal flags. This memorial was originally dedicated in 1931 to honor Danbury's citizens who fought in the four wars represented, and a plaque was added in 1952 to include World War II.  A dedication at the monument’s base reads: “Dedicated to the soldiers and sailors of Danbury”.

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Known colloquially as the Todd Memorial, the Soldiers and Sailors Memorial honors the Delawareans who perished in World War I; the extant 1925 commemorative program acknowledging the tribute: "In memory of the men and women who gave their lives for Liberty and Universal Peace".  The Memorial was restored to coincide with the centennial of the Great War and was rededicated in 2018. In 1925 shipbuilder William H. Todd provided $100,000 to create the memorial; it was designed by sculptor H. Augustus Lukeman and consists of a granite obelisk and a triumphant Victory figure.

The monument was placed on the original site of the Liberty Pole.  Designed by architect Douglas Orr and sculptor Michele Martino, the flagpole is surrounded by a white marble frieze on a six sided base.  Flattened figures of "Peace" and "War," along with two female personifications of the armed services appear on the frieze.

The Soldiers and Sailors Monument in Plymouth, Pennsylvania, honoring those from the area who died during the fighting of World War I.

The monument is the work of the sculptor George Brewster. It was dedicated on November 11, 1920.

Soldiers and Sailors Monument "All Wars"

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This granite & marble obelisk monument stands on a small, landscaped traffic island in Cape May. The square cube base, placed on a larger, square stone slab, has bronze plaques mounted on each side. The plaques contain its dedication to Cape May vicinity residents who served in World War I, as well as an Honor Roll.  Thirteen Cape May residents perished during World War I.  The tall stone shaft is square in cross-section & tapers slightly toward the top where a ball with corner finials rests atop a small square slab. Perched on the orb is a large bronze eagle with wings outstretched upward, looking to the side. The shaft also has bronze plaques & medallions attached to its sides.  The plaques were refurbished and the monument was rededicated on November 11, 2018, the centennial of Armistice Day. Photos courtesy of: NJ State Historic Preservation Office. Vintage Postcard courtesy of:  Rutgers University Libraries, Special Collections and University Archives. 

The Waterloo Memorial Hall Commission developed Soldiers and Sailors Park
at 655 Cedar Street. The park includes granite monuments, a fountain and bronze
plaques along a 400-foot brick walkway which begins near the west
side of the 5th Street bridge and meanders through the park to the 4th Street bridge. The monuments, historic fountain and plaques commemorate wars and conflicts in which U.S. service men and women have played a part. It also includes a POW/MIA  - “…Known But To God" Memorial Monument. 

Giuseppe Moretti was born in Siena, Italy, and immigrated to the United States in 1888. For 40 years he sculpted monuments and heroic figures in the United States and Cuba. Moretti, known for his eclectic personality and for always wearing a green tie, was a prolific artist with completion of 12 World War I memorials, 19 monumental works, six church sculptures, 24 memorial tablets, 14 cemetery memorials, 27 sculptures in marble, bronze, and aluminum, and 27 bronze statuettes. He created the Soldiers and Sailors Monument in Toronto in 1919 as a tribute to the 300 local citizens who answered the call for service during World War I.

The earliest elements of Soldiers Field were started by the Rochester American Legion, William T. McCoy, Post 92.
The Poist was started in 1919, soon after the end of the World War. In the mid 1920’s the Post focused its attention
on the project of building the Soldier’s Field Athletic Complex. There are two original bronze plaques from the mid to
late 1920’s are mounted on either side of a granite monument at the entrance to the Memorial and Sports Complex
(see gallery photos).
Text from original Plaques:
SOLDIERS MEMORIAL FIELD
HONORING
VETERANS OF ALL WARS
DEDICATED TO THE YOUTH OF OLMSTED COUNTY
WM. T. MCCOY POSTNO. 92. THE AMERICAN LEGION
ROCHESTER, MINNESOTA
The second plaque contains the Emblem and the Preamble to the Constitution of the American Legion.

Fast forward about 70 yers, when in October of 1995, the Memorial Committee was formed. Then on June 13th, 1997
the Ground Breaking Ceremony was held. On June 25th, 2000, the Dedication of the Soldiers Field Veterans Memorial.
This Memorial, conceived in 1995, was built without tax dollars due to the time, talent and treasure contributed by the
Memorial Committee and the countless other volunteers who also contributed to honor those who served.
The Wall of Remembrance was created to honor American Service Members from Southeast Minnesota who died while
serving our country undedicated to all who served and now serve to keep us safe and free. May it remind future
generations that our nation must be protected from forces, both outside and inside our borders, that would deny us
our liberty. Please pay special attention to the sculpture of the Woman and Child who is holding the most dreaded
telegram an American family could receive during World War 1 and World War 2.
The Wall of Remembrance honors over 2,500 Service men and women from Southeast Minnesota, who gave their lives
in service to their country.
The Walk of Remembrance is made up of about 6,500 pavers honoring U.S. Veterans and our Allies living or dead for
their service.
The Trees of Remembrance consists of 50 sponsored trees representing every state in these United States.
Let Us Not Forget those who made the Supreme Sacrifice and our Veterans, for they have shown the world that
Freedom Is Never Free

This memorial is dedicated to Kearny residents killed in WWI.  It consists of a tall Vermont granite shaft topped with a sphere & a bronze eagle with outstretched wings. 
Projecting from the bottom front of the shaft is a pedestal with an inscribed plaque. 
Atop the pedestal stands a bronze statue of a woman in classical dress, her arms partially extended from her sides.

The other three sides of the shafts have granite reliefs of World War I military operations. The back panel depicts two fighters in a dogfight. One side panel shows warships firing on a surfacing submarine. And the other side panel features several doughboys charging out of a trench. 

The memorial was erected by the American Legion, Frobisher Post, with $11,000 of personal donations and $14,000 supplied by the town government.  It was unveiled on May 27, 1922 by General Pershing! 

Narrative adapted from Smithsonian Institution Research Information System (SIRIS) inventory #NJ000159. 

Photos courtesy of:  NJ State Historic Preservation Office 

A bronze walking Civil War soldier has his rifle resting on his shoulder, and his long belted coat blows open slightly at the bottom. He stands on a tall granite base flanked by two granite markers added in 1989 honoring the men from Holbrook who died in the Spanish-American War, WWI, WWII, and the Korean and Vietnam Wars. Ir was sculpted by John Horrigan and dedicated in 1918, with half of the funds coming from the Holbrook family.

This monument was made by Smith Granite Co. and dedicated on May 30, 1913 as a tribute to the Griswold men who served in the Civil War.  Nearby granite slabs list the names of those who served in World War I, World War II, and the Korean and Vietnam Wars.  The monument and park were rededicated on April 30, 1989.

This triangle park, just south of downtown North Woodstock, contains Monuments
and Memorials to the soldiers from this community who served and those who
Made The Supreme Sacrifice in “The World War”, World War 2, Korean War and
the Vietnam War. It also has an MIA Plaque on the reverse side of the Vietnam
Memorial Monument and a plaque In Memory of an Army Air Corps crew killed in
the crash of a B-18 Bomber on a training flight during WW2.

IN HONOR OF 1917-1918
WORLD WAR SOLDIERS
DEDICATED MAY 30, 1921

Followed by the names of 25 residents who served, followed by the names of those
who, to quote Abraham Lincoln, “…gave their last full measure of devotion…”

KILLED IN FRANCE
JOSEPH N. SMITH
GORDON B. CANN

The Soldier's and Sailors' bridge was completed in 1930 as the principal entrance to Center City and the State Capitol Complex from the east, terminating at Fisher Plaza. The bridge was named "Soldiers' and Sailors' Memorial Bridge" in honor of the service of Pennsylvania's soldiers and sailors. It connects the East Harrisburg area to Capitol Hill.

The bridge is made up of seventeen arches with towering pylons at the western end which dramatize bridge’s gateway importance. The pylons are 145 feet high and 16 feet wide. Two eagle figures (Lee Lawrie, sculptor) are perched at the top of each pylon, signifying the Union of the United States. One pylon represents the Army, and the other represents the Navy. The four faces of the pylons are inscribed with the dates of eight of the wars the United States had participated in up to that point.

The keystone to each arch on the bridge contains stylized carvings by Lee Lawrie of various implements of warfare that were developed during WWI. These include tanks, battleships, hand grenades, and aerial bombs.

This is a life-sized granite statue of a civil war soldier, erected in 1906 and made by the Thomas F. Jackson Company.  He wears a jacket, trousers gathered at the boot tops, and has a knapsack slung over his shoulder.  He holds the muzzle of his bronze rifle in front of him.  Beneath him is a neo-classical revival style granite pedestal with bronze plaques on three sides.  This monument was originally dedicated in 1907 to honor the Prospect citizens who served in the Revolutionary War and the Civil War. The plaque with the World War I names was added in 1920 (it is the only one with some decoration, which consists of vertical lines of anthemia on each side).  On a low stele in front of the monument is incised a May 30, 1977 dedication to the Prospect veterans of World War II and the Korean and Vietnam Wars.  

The Solomon Bond Louis Code Talker Bridge is located near Yanubbee Creek, north of Broken Bow.

Dedicated on September 6, 1920, this is a square granite shaft about eleven feet tall. Near the top are reliefs of an eagle perched on a shield, crossed anchors and ropes on the east face, an eagle perched on a laurel branch on the south, crossed rifles on the west, and the city seal including a soldier holding a flag on the north. lt was erected to honor the Somerville natives who died in WWI.

Dedicated in 1937, the World War I Somme American Cemetery and Memorial is sited on a gentle slope typical of the open, rolling Picardie countryside. The 14.3-acre cemetery contains the graves of 1,844 of U.S. military dead. Most lost their lives while serving in American units attached to British armies, or in operations near Cantigny. The headstones, set in regular rows, are separated into four plots by paths that intersect at the flagpole near the top of the slope. The longer axis leads to the chapel at the eastern end of the cemetery. 

A massive bronze door surmounted by an American eagle leads into the chapel, whose outer walls contain sculptured pieces of military equipment. Once inside, light from a cross-shaped crystal window above the marble altar bathes the subdued interior with light. The walls bear the names of 333 of the missing. A rosette marks the name of the soldier listed on the Walls of the Missing that has since been recovered and identified.