This is a large rectangular box-shaped stone slab, perhaps made of limestone. It is mounted on a plinth, and has bronze plaques depicting images of cannon and flags with inscriptions honoring the citizens of Ridgefield who served in the Revolutionary War, the War of 1812, the Mexican War, the Spanish-American War, and World War I.  It was dedicated on July 4, 1925.

This monument consists of a 40-ft tall shaft of light gray granite on which sits a bronze eagle.  It is flanked by 2 flag poles, and an artillery piece is nearby.  Originally dedicated on November 11,1920 to honor the men and women of Berlin who served in the Civil War, Spanish-American War, and World War I, later plaques were added for World War II and the Korean and Vietnam Wars. World War I veterans are honored with a two-sided memorial at the south end of the pergola. Both sides bear two columns of names listing residents who served in the war. The west face of the monument honors five residents killed in the conflict, including one who died in Red Cross service. 

Front bronze plaque reads:

MEMORIAL
—-
DEDICATED
TO THE
SOLDIERS
AND
SAILORS
OF
OGLESBY
ILLINOIS
WHO OFFERED
THEIR SERVICE
AND LIVES
AT THE
NATION’S
CALL
IN THE
GREAT
WORLD
WAR
———
1914 -1918
———

Memorial Park hold Monuments and Memorials to all of those
who left the Oglesby community to defend freedom and liberty
throughout the world in the wars of our Republic.
The “World War” Memorial Monument sits prominently at the
original corner pedestrian entrance of the park.
The words in BOLD above appear on the front of the Memorial
Monument and each of the three sides holds a bronze plaque
ROLL OF HONOR with the names of 399 Oglesby area residents
who answered their Nation’s Call To Serve, included in those
lists are the names of the 19 who are remembered, with a star,
for their “Supreme Sacrifice” in the cause of Freedom & Liberty.
A World War 1 Army Field Artillery Piece, the Armstrong, 127MM
BL-60 MK1 Cannon, stands in the park behind the Memorial
Monument as an example of the shear might, that the United
States Army and Navy displayed in ending “The Great War”

The War Memorial Football Stadium was dedicated on September 18, 1948 in memory of those who served in World War I and World War II.

War Memorial Veterans Building and Opera House

100 Cities / 100 Memorials

The War Memorial Veterans Building and the War Memorial Opera House comprise the War Memorial Complex. San Franciscans, inspired by the ending of World War One, initiated the building, in the 1920’s of a war memorial dedicated “to all who served.’ The complex opened in 1932 to Bay Area acclaim. In commemoration of the signing of the 1918 Armistice ending The Great War, the San Francisco Performing Arts Center Foundation organized a series of exhibits and displays in the lobby of the War Memorial Veterans Building and the American Legion’s Veterans Gallery. The Centennial Commemoration included banners, displays and video monitors depicting various historic milestones of the war and their effect on the San Francisco Bay area from the declaration of war by Congress in 1917, to city celebrations of the armistice signing in 1918, to the return of local veterans in 1919.

100 Cities / 100 Memorials

In commemoration of the signing of the 1918 Armistice ending The Great War, the San Francisco Performing Arts Center Foundation organized a series of exhibits and displays in the lobby of the War Memorial Veterans Building and the American Legion’s Veterans Gallery.  The War Memorial Veterans Building and the War Memorial Opera House comprise the War Memorial Complex. San Franciscans, inspired by the ending of World War One, in the 1920's initiated the building of a war memorial dedicated “to all who served.’ The complex opened in 1932 to Bay Area acclaim.  The Centennial Commemoration included banners, displays and video monitors depicting various historic milestones of the war and their effect on the San Francisco Bay area from the declaration of war by Congress in 1917, City celebrations of the armistice signing in 1918, to the return of local veterans in 1919.

100 Cities / 100 Memorials

The War Memorial Veterans Building and the War Memorial Opera House comprise the War Memorial Complex. San Franciscans, inspired by the ending of World War One, in the 1920's initiated the building of a war memorial dedicated “to all who served.’  The complex opened in 1932 to Bay Area acclaim. In commemoration of the signing of the 1918 Armistice ending The Great War, the San Francisco Performing Arts Center Foundation organized a series of exhibits and displays in the lobby of the War Memorial Veterans Building and the American Legion’s Veterans Gallery.  The Centennial Commemoration included banners, displays and video monitors depicting various historic milestones of the war and their effect on the San Francisco Bay area from the declaration of war by Congress in 1917, City celebrations of the armistice signing in 1918, to the return of local veterans in 1919.

This striking monument sits in a busy intersection leading into downtown Westfield, NJ.  It consists of a tall, horizontally banded granite column with a simple capital, topped by a bronze sculpture of Clio the Muse.  The column rests on a granite plinth square base with rusticated edges. 

Photos courtesy of: 
Front view - NJ State Historic Preservation Office
Rear view - Sheena Chi

A pylon base of mortared granite stones supports a metal sculpture of a spread-winged eagle standing on a nest of twigs. Dedicated In 1926 by the Woman's Council of Sacramento, this was placed here to commemorate the Sacramento County residents who served in WWI.

Dedicated on Veterans Day 1968, this obelisk monument honors the veterans of World War I, World War II, and the Korean and Vietnam Wars.

The Ward County Courthouse is the first courthouse in North Dakota to be built with Art Deco/Art Moderne inspiration. It was designed by Toltz, King, and Day and constructed by Olson and Orheim in 1929 for a cost of $498,000. The courthouse was recently connected to a new building to the north and will see some renovations as the offices inside are reorganized. The ex-servicemen's room inside the courthouse is still used by the American Legion and other groups.

A single "doughboy" soldier in bronze holding a rifle in one hand and a grenade in another.  Erected in 1935

This statue, one of E.M. Viquesney's iconic Spirit of the American Doughboy sculptures, was cast in zinc. Although the doughboy was originally equipped with a bayonet, the bayonet was lost sometime after 1967. The statue's base features a bronze plaque that reads:

DEDICATED TO
THE MEMORY OF OUR COMRADES
WHO ENTERED THE SERVICE
OF THEIR COUNTRY
FROM WARE COUNTY
AND WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES
IN THE WORLD WAR
-
SPONSORED BY
WARE CO. POST NO. 10, AMERICAN LEGION
NOVEMBER 11, 1935

Site also includes “Flame of Freedom” monument, dedicated November 11, 1969.

This is a life-size copper WWI infantryman, holding a rifle in his left hand and a grenade in his right. At his feet are two stumps and some barbed wire, representing No Man's land. It was sculpted by E.M. Viquesney and dedicated in 1941 by the Clarence Hyde Post No. 278 of the American Legion in memory of those who served in WWI.

Three stepped base surmounted by obelisk with bronze sword of sacrifice on shaft, screen wall behind bearing name tablets.

Obelisk, front: To our glorious dead

Obelisk, side, plaque: The Burma Star Association Warrington Branch: To honour those who laid down their lives in the war in the Far East 1941-45

Obelisk, side: In honour of those who gave their lives in service of their country in other conflicts (names)

Wall, left: To the honoured memory of those of Warrington who lost their lives in the second world war 1939-1945 (names)

Wall, center: This tablet enshrines the honoured name of Warrington men who made the supreme sacrifice for their country 1914-1918 (names)

Wall, right: To the honoured memory of those of Warrington who lost their lives in the second world war 1939-1945 (names)

This massive, approx. 40' long monument commemorates the US land & naval forces that participated in this country's wars up to & including World War I.  It is composed of 42 bronze figures representing both civilians & military from all branches of service.  Included are a Red Cross nurse, a conscientious objector, fathers & mothers seeing their children off to war, and a portrait of the monument's benefactor, Amos H. Van Horn, as a mustached Union soldier.  The artist, Gutzon Borglum also included figures modeled after himself & his son, Lincoln.  All the figures, as well as two horses, are depicted ascending a steep incline.  The monument is situated at the end of a large reflecting pool. 

Gutzon Borglum is best known for his sculptural depictions on Mount Rushmore, SD. 

Narrative adapted from Smithsonian Institution Research Information System (SIRIS) inventory #76001616. 

Photo courtesy of:  Rutgers University Libraries, Special Collections and University Archives

More detailed photos are available on the website link. 

This is a memorial to the students from Washington and Lee University who fought and died during World War I. The inscription reads:

To the memory of the sons of
Washington and Lee University
who sacrificed their lives for the cause of freedom in the service of our country and her allies. 1914-1918

George Moncrief Anderton, '12 • Howard Baker Barton, '17 • George Marvin Betty, '13 • Jay Frank Clemmer, Jr., '15 • Sidney Mathias Baxter Coulling, Jr., '16 • Cyrus McLawson DeArmon, '12 • Paul Waples Derrickson, '15 • William Lambuth Drake, '13 • Saunders Felming, '07 • Guy Nelson Forrester, '01 • Oswald Wilson Gott, Jr., '12 • Richard Helm Graham, '09 • Josiah Porter Green, '17 • John D. Alderson Harman, '12 • William White Holt, '16 • John Kirkpatrick, '15 • Louis Moomaw Layman, '13 • John Arthur Lingle, Jr., '15 • Aud Edward Lusk, '17 • Lawrence Bennett Loughran, '11 • Frederic Fagg Mallow, '15 • Abram Clifford McDougall, '07 • Clovis Moomaw, '12 • Frank Murchison Moore, '14 • David Sharpley Noble, '18 • Henry Morgan Patton, '16 • Charles Quarrier, '12 • Charles Carter Riticor, '14 • Kiffin Yates Rockwell, '11 • Frank Bennedict Scarry, '15 • J. Henry Smith, '18 • Basil Leighton Steel, '08 • Prentiss Guthried Thompson, '15 • Herbert McKinley Vest, '15

Students Army Training Corps
Marshall McClure Callison, '18 • George Gilbert Child, '18 • Donald Anderson Spotts, '18

Max Mansle sculpted this bronze statue of a WWI doughboy throwing a hand grenade. It stands on a granite pedestal bearing four commemorative tablets. It was installed in 1923 to commemorate the veterans of WWI.