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Memorial

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  • Dedication Date: 2009
East Ulen Drive
46052 Lebanon
IN
USA
  • 4 tree markers on recessed plinths
  • Plaque or tablet
67 Mulberry St
10013 New York
NY
USA

 

  • 1. THIS TREE IS DEDICATED TO / THE MEMORY OF / CORP. JEREMIAH P. FERETTE / CO. D. 106TH INFANTRY / WHO DIED IN THE WORLD WAR/1914-1918

    2. THIS TREE IS DEDICATED TO/THE MEMORY OF 1ST. SGT. LYMAN HOLDMAN/CO. H 369TH INFANTRY / WHO DIED IN THE WORLD WAR/1914-1918

    3. THIS TREE IS DEDICATED TO /
    THE MEMORY OF / 1ST. CL. PRIV. DAVID MILLER/BAT. F. 59TH COSTART. KILLED IN / ACTION 1918 / WHO DIED IN THE WORLD WAR / 1914-1918

    4. THIS TREE IS DEDICATED TO / THE MEMORY OF / CHARLES R. RICHARDSON / CO. H. 113TH INFANTRY / WHO DIED IN THE WORLD WAR/1914-1918
  • Dedication Date: 1922
  • Frank Vittor
  • Column or pillar
Grant Street and Second Avenue
Pittsburgh
PA
USA

The Boulevard of the Allies is a practical memorial to World War I, built by the city to commemorate the war and its heros while improving the connection between Downtown and Oakland. The gateway to the road is flanked by twin columns filled with patriotic symbols, including Liberty's head, eagles, and the eternal flame.

  • Memorial Hunters Club Submission: Memorial Hunter: Robert Shay, PH3, USNR-R, 1964-70
6370 Kootenai St
83805 Bonners Ferry
ID
USA

This memorial park contains three monuments honoring the veterans and fallen servicemembers of Boundary County and one honoring the explorers who established the "first route of travel and trade across what is now the state of Idaho." The monuments honor veterans of all wars, including WW1. The park is located near the library, with its 100-foot flagpole making it hard to miss.

  • Memorial Hunters Club Submission: thewanderer
04011 Brunswick
ME
USA

This gateway, in honor of Warren Robinson, Bowdoin class of 1910, was given by his wife. Robinson died in France while serving in WWI. This is one of two WWI memorials on the Bowdoin campus.

  • Memorial Hunters Club Submission: thewanderer
04011 Brunswick
ME
USA

This large flagpole rests in an ornate bronze base, which sits atop a granite memorial. The monument is dedicated to the sons of Bowdoin who lost their lived in World War I, and the various sides of the granite monument are inscribed with an Honor Roll. The inscriptions are finished in gold paint. The monument is located on the main quad, directly in front of the Bowdoin College Museum of Art.

Bowdoin College refurbished the monument in 2014, and added a much larger flag.

  • Single figure -- soldier
  • Memorial Hunters Club Submission: Memorial Hunter: Robert Shay, PH3, USNR-R, 1964-70
1 S Main St
84302 Brigham City
UT
USA

This memorial is dedicated to the servicemembers of Box Elder County "who sacrificed their lives in the cause of freedom and liberty in the great World Wars." The base of the soldier statue features three bronze plaques: one listing the names of the fallen in both World Wars, one listing the fallen from the conflicts since WW2, and one reading: Freedom Is Not Free: In Solemn Recognition Of The Sacrifices And Leadership Of The Men And Women Of Box Elder County Who Gave Their Lives To Preserve A Free Society, Built The Peace And Gave To Future Generations The Precious Gift Of Freedom.

  • Plaque or tablet
Melrose
MA
USA

Named in memory of PVT William C.N. Boylen CD.L 101st Infantry 26th DIV A.E.F. killed at vaux. Chateau thierry second battle of the marine July 20, 1918

First Melrose man with the American Forces killed in action in the World War

  • Dedication Date: 1925
  • Daprato Statuary Company, fabricator
  • Single figure -- soldier

Boys of St. Peters Parish WWI Monument

This monument lists the names of the boys of St. Peters parish in Mt. Clemens, MI. that served their country in The Great War from 1917-1918.

World War I was a global war which took place primarily in Europe from 1914 to 1918. Over 40 million casualties resulted, including approximately 20 million military and civilian deaths. Over 60 million European soldiers were mobilized from 1914 to 1918.

World War I Monument/Joan of Arc (sculpture)
Is described as Full-length figure of Joan of Arc dressed in armor and standing in contrapposto (weight-bearing leg, proper right). She gazes towards sky. Proper right hand grips the pole of a flag or banner; proper left rests on the upper edge of a shield which is balanced upright, tip resting on the ground, behind bent proper left leg. Shield emblazoned with upright sword, pommel down, and crown, flanked by fleurs-de-lis. Figure wears a sword, belted to hips and slung behind legs. Between the feet, a spiked war club lies on the ground.
The statue is made from zinc or lead with a granite base.
Statue: approx. 8 x 2 x 2 ft. Base: approx. 8 1/2 x 11 3/4 x 11 3/4 ft.

An inscription of Deprato Foundry Co. unsigned Founder's mark appears. Other than that there is a bronze plaque (SE Side) which reads;
This Monument erected to perpetuate the memory of the boys of St. Peter’s Parish. Mount Clemens, Mich who served their country in the world war 1917-1918
(then listed are 178 names, of which 5 died and 8 were wounded)

  • Memorial Hunters Club Submission: thewanderer
57217 Bradley
SD
USA

This memorial stands right in the center of Main Street in Bradley, South Dakota.

The concrete base is about 4 feet high with a flagpole attached.

The inscription reads as follows:

Our Honor Roll
Dedicated by the Citizens of Bradley and Surrounding Area to Those of Their Number Who Offered Their Lives in the Great War of Nations 1914 -1918 and In Memory of Those Who Made the Supreme Sacrifice. 

  • Memorial Hunters Club Submission: The Wanderer
Church St. and Plin St.
43406 Bradner
OH
USA

The inscription on this memorial reads:

In memory of those who served in World War I, Apr. 6, 1917 to Nov. 11, 1918

  • Dedication Date: 1920
  • Single figure -- soldier

Branch County World War Monument

This is a plaque in a park dedicated to several war memorials. It honors those from Branch County, Michigan, who gave their lives in The World War for their country.There are several guns on display as well, demonstrating the various types of weaponry used throughout the years. One pair was dedicated in 1988, honoring those who served.

  • Memorial Hunters Club Submission: thewanderer
26601 Sutton
WV
USA

This monument honors the men of Braxton County who served in the First World War.

  • Memorial Hunters Club Submission: The Wanderer
1149 Main St.
41339 Jackson
KY
USA

Adjacent to the Courthouse, this memorial honors all Breathitt Countians who served or paid the supreme sacrifice during World War I.  During the war, Breathitt County attained national prominence by filling its quota of service men by volunteers. No men had to be drafted from Breathitt, the only county in the United States with this record.

The inscription reads:

World War I
April 6, 1917 - November 11, 1918
Dedicated to all Breathitt Countians who served “over there” in the “war to end all wars”. To all those who supported the war effort in any fashion and in memory of the following who gave their lives to make the world safe for democracy.

Marion Adkins · George Baker · George Brewer · Charley Campbell · Jesse Carpenter · Jesse Centers · John Dale · Garfield Deaton · James Fugate · Wm W Gillum · Jarrett Grigsby · Willie Grigsby · Roscoe Gross · Charles B. Hall · Edward Cuerrant Hargis · Robert W. Hill · Joel Lee · Curtis Linden · South McIntosh · James Noble · Willie Oney · Moore Riley · Price Roark · Fred Smith · Ashford Watts · Samuel Wells · Pearl G. Wireman · Linden Wyatt

  • Memorial Hunters Club Submission: The Wanderer
208 South Main St.
40143 Hardinsburg
KY
USA

Erected in 1927 by the Breckinridge County Memorial Association, the inscription on this Honor Roll reads:

★ Honor Roll ★
In memory of the Breckinridge County
heroes of the World's War, 1914-1918

George W. Ahl • Johnie Brown • Corbett J. Burch • Walter V. Burnett • Claude E. Cundiff • Earl Curry • Roy Dowell • Henry H. Drane • Joseph Z. Dunn • Lonnie Durbin • James Durbin • William Eskridge • Henry Eskridge • Henry Byron Hall • H. Everette Haycraft • Charles Hanks • Lewis H. Herndon • Thomas Higdon • Henry W. Johnson • Verdie Johnson • Arthur W. Kannapel • James C. Lampton • Willie Lucas • Lennie A. Mattingly • Peter S. McCarty • Neil Moore • Roy E. Moorman • Delbert D. Morgan • Joseph E. Schindler • Clarence H. Tincher • James R. Willis • Fulton Whitworth

  • Memorial Hunters Club Submission: thewanderer
05034 Bridgewater
VT
USA

WWI Honor Roll on the grounds of the former Bridgewater Village School, listing the names of the locals who served during the war.

Inscription:
In grateful recognition of the Valor and Devotion of
the young men of this Community
who served in the World War
for Liberty and Justice
1917 – 1919

240th Ave
53182 Brighton
WI
USA

The Brighton War Memorial, located on 240th Avenue (Highway X), was built in 1921 in remembrance of Brighton’s fallen Civil War and World War I soldiers. The first monument included the names of 68 men from Brighton who died during the Civil War and the 37 men who died in World War I. In 2016, private funds were raised to expand the memorial to honor veterans from World War II, Korea, Vietnam, Iraq, and Afghanistan.

  • Bench
111 N Main St
06010 Bristol
CT
USA

The monument sits on a rotary on the main road that runs thru the park. Along the road way are Oak trees, One planted for each Bristol Volunteer that died in World War I. The Monument contains the name of every person who served from Bristol in World War I.

  • Other Measurements: Pedestal W: 9'6
  • 1921
  • Dedication Date: 1921
  • Friends and neighbors of Local Board #2; Plaque--Veterans of Foreign Wars
  • Fluted rostral column topped with an eagle and inscribed with honor roll, on pedestal with bronze plaque
  • Menconi Brothers
  • Column or pillar
E 137th St
10454 Bronx
NY
USA

Side 1: TO THE HONORED DEAD / WHO MADE / THE SUPREME SACRIFICE / FOR THEIR COUNTRY / THE GREAT WAR / MCMXVII - MCMXIX / ERECTED IN LOVING MEMORY / OF THEM AND THEIR PATRIOTISM / BY THEIR FRIENDS AND NEIGHBORS / OF LOCAL BOARD NUMBER TWO / NEW YORK CITY / 

Side 2: JOHN B. GRAHAM --- EDWARD J. SMITH / JAMES M. HAMMER --- WILLIAM I. HAMMER / SAMUEL BRILL --- FRANK GREGG / THOMAS F. CASSIDY --- EDWARD ANDERSON / JOSEPH A. O'KEEFE --- HARRY HOFFMEISTER / THOMAS MCDERMOTT --- ARTHUR W. SCHILLING / JAMES P. KING --- LEO J. LYNCH / WILLIAM ROCHE --- WILLIAM J. SHAW / PHILIP J. MAUS, JR. --- CARI ROEHLKEN / JOHN C. NEWMAN --- EDWARD C. KIMBLE /

Side 3: JAMES J. CROWLEY --- JOHN J. BOLAND / CHARLES MCALFER --- AUGUST W. ARMS / ROBERT HAMMER --- ISIDORE FISHMAN / ADOLPH J. FRITZ --- DANIEL J. KELLY / WILLIAM VONN LUMM --- WILLIAM H. JONES / CHRISTOPHER AUGUSTIN --- MICHAEL J. GILFOY / WALTER FUCHS --- WILLIAM HURST / ERNEST R. NIELSON --- HAROLD WAHLSTADT / JOHN R. GARRITY --- EDWARD EVANS / PATRICK DEVANEY / 

Side 4: WILLIAM G. STORCH --- CHARLES BRENNER / AMBROSE DOYLE --- GEORGE P. RYAN / DAVID W. GENTLE --- CHARLES WOLZ / ANTHONY SCHOENFELDER --- NICHOLAS DEFRANCESCO / LAWRENCE T. HANSEN --- JAMES J. GUGLIERI / WILLIAM MCGONIGAL --- THOMAS J. FITZPATRICK / ANDREW CEDER --- EDWARD LARSON / FRANCIS I. SHAW --- ARMANT J. BOISSY / HENRY P. JOHNSON --- FRANK B. HALPIN / JOHN. J. RECHLIN ---RAYMOND A. MURPHY / 

Wreath-shaped plaque at base: 
THE VETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS / HAVE PLACED THIS WREATH / ARMISTICE DAY / NOVEMBER 11, 1921. [---] "ON FAMES ETERNAL CAMPING / GROUND THEIR SILENT TENTS / ARE SPREAD. /

 

Architect: Harold M.Bowdin