This monument consists of an iron cannon placed on a brick & concrete gun carriage. The carriage has brick walls. A bronze honor roll plaque is attached to one wall and lists the names of Point Pleasant residents who served in World War I.
Dedication of this plaque occurred in July 1925 with remarks by Rev. Isaac Whitaker of the Central ME Church. Two little girls did the unveiling - Jean Baum, age 4 & Aldyth van Camp, age 3.
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The World War I memorial in Chatham includes a small park & honor roll plaque, incorporated with plaques commemorating other wars. The bronze plaque rests on a boulder located within a small plaza backed by a low, brick wall next to the public library.
The grassy area to the west of the library is designated a memorial park commemorating those who fought in the Great War. A bronze plaque mounted on a boulder indicates the park was dedicated on July 5, 1920; rededicated in 1997.
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Metuchen's triangular Memorial Park was established shortly after World War I to honor the local residents who fought in the war. Today, it has been refurbished, and commemorations placed for those who fought in subsequent wars as well.
The original park contained a center monument and flag pole surrounded by a circular hedge. On the base of the flag pole were affixed three bronze plaques - the center dedication flanked by the alphabetical Honor Roll of local WWI soldiers (see vintage photo).
Today, the park consists of a grove of trees, each honoring local soldiers from all 20th century wars, planted where the flag pole once stood. The bronze plaque honor roll has been mounted on an angled concrete base set at a 45-degree angle. Two square, flanking gateposts of rusticated concrete blocks with a concrete slab form the entrance to the arbor grove behind the honor roll.
Vintage photo courtesy of: New Jersey State Archives
Photo of bronze plaque triptych courtesy of: NJ State Historic Preservation Office
Photo Credits: Sheena Chi
This is one of two WWI monuments in Westwood, NJ.
This WWI memorial consists of a small rectangular plaza dedicated to the memory of Westwood resident, Sgt. Ralph W. Lester. It includes an interpretive panel flanked by two low concrete benches positioned around a VFW logo floor tile.
Sgt. Lester enlisted in June 1917 & left for France in May 1918. He was killed by an nearby exploding shell in the battle of Ronssoy, France. His body was never found.
Photos courtesy of: Bill Coughlin & Historical Marker Database
The plaque reads:
World War Veterans
This Tablet erected by
The ex-servicman's club of Plymouth
In memory of their comerads whose names
are hereon inscribed and who made the
supreme sacrifice
- 1914 - In the Wrold War - 1918 -
Myron H. Beals
Walter E. Gordon
Charles Burch
Verson E. Henderson
Charles Chappell
David Oliver
Scott D. Cortrite
Harry J. Ratterbury
J. Edward Tighe
This monument, located at the corner of Logan Street and E. 47th Ave., was dedicated in 1948.
This monument sits on the ground of the 'old' Boulder County Courthouse. It reads, "In Honor of the World War Veterans of Boulder County." The monument was erected in 1935 by the Nathaniel Lyon Women's Relief Corps No. 27 of Boulder, Colorado. The monument is about 20 feet tall and made of gray granite. There is an engraving of a typical World War I soldier with his rifle.
This unusual two-part monument is located in the center of downtown Scotch Plains. It was constructed by the Victory Celebration Committee of Scotch Plains to recognize contributions of the community to World War I. It includes a flagpole and a cannon.
The cannon, made in Germany, was a gift from the United States Government in recognition that Scotch Plains had the largest percentage of over-subscription to the Victory Liberty Loan of any non-banking community in the Second Federal Reserve District. The subscription totaled almost $700,000.
The second part of the monument is an 80' street angle & latticework flagpole. At the base of the flagpole is a bronze plaque listing the 89 residents who served in the war and the 3 who died in combat.
Narrative adapted from Images of America: Scotch Plains; Richard & Suzanne Bousquet; 1995.
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This World War I monument is a granite obelisk dedicated to the 104 Bayonne men who died in the war. The square shaft sits upon a rectangular granite base which has a bronze honor roll plaque attached to the front, resting on a rusticated granite slab. Midway up the tapered shaft are four bronze medallions, one on each side. Topping the shaft is a bronze orb with an eagle perched on top with outstretched wings.
The monument was erected by Killeen Park Club, who raised $5,000.
Following its Armistice Day dedication, the "Hudson Observer" newspaper wrote the following day that several thousands gathered following a parade for the monument's unveiling & dedication. "At noon business came to a complete standstill for two minutes while the people meditated and prayed." After the raising of the flag, "several hundred school children gave the salute to the flag." The dedication ceremony came to a close with the playing of "Taps."
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Built as a memorial to Bordentown residents who served in World War I, this monument originally sat in the middle of Walnut Street. Today, it is located on the Post Office property corner, facing Walnut Street.
It consists of a flat, rectangular granite slab with rusticated edges topped by a tapering quarry-faced, granite slab, square in cross-section. A pyramid of five, bronze cannon balls rests atop the slab, and serves as a perch for a bronze eagle, depicted with wings outstretched. Bronze plaques on the faces of the slab honor residents who served in WWI and later wars.
In June 1924, a local committee was formed to plan Bordentown's commemorative monument. Resident Frank Thompson sketched a rendering of a proposed monument and construction began in late October. The memorial was dedicated on Armistice Day 1924 with an address by the noted war correspondent, Dr. Herbert Adams, of Princeton, NJ.
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This monument consists of a three-level marble slab base. The top slab has a shallow-gabled top and has incised insignias on each side representing the US Army Air Corp, Infantry, Field Artillery & the US Navy. The next stage, square in cross section, has bronze plaques commemorating service of residents in WWI on all four sides. This stage is surrounded by an overhanging square stone slab that serves as the base for a classic stone obelisk with a crowning stone pyramidal top.
The Bradley Beach monument is situated in the center of a circular, brick plaza in front of the municipal building.
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NJ State Historic Preservation Office
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This monument commemorates several wars, beginning with World War I. Adjacent to the Cranbury Fire House, the small plaza contains a granite stele with flanking plain lower buttresses. It sits in front of two gray granite slabs.
WWI and WWII honor rolls are engraved on the front face of the stele, beneath a horizontal band reading, "Greater Love Hath No Man." Honor rolls from the Korean and Viet Nam wars are engraved on the two granite slabs on the ground.
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Located at a major road intersection in Edgewater, Bergen County, the monument consists of two bronze relief plaques mounted to the face of a quarry-faced, stone slab. The plaques were designed by sculptor Ettore Cadorin.
The upper plaque depicts a sailor, soldier, & marine, each dressed in uniform, standing side by side with their arms interlinked. The sailor has a raised right arm and points to a depiction of a ship at sea at the left side of the plaque. The figure at right holds a rifle by its barrel in his lowered left hand.
The lower plaque depicts a seated allegorical female figure, dressed in flowing robes who raises her right arm while holding a flagpole with unfurled flag with her left hand. To the right of the figure is a list of names.
The monument, originally erected to honor veterans of the Great War, now has plaques commemorating service in World War II, Korea and Vietnam, as well.
Narrative adapted from Smithsonian Institution Research Information System (SIRIS) inventory #NJ000240.
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Situated in a park in downtown Egg Harbor among monuments commemorating involvement in several other wars, the World War I monument is the most prominent of the group. It consists of a granite, quarry-faced obelisk with tooled corners. On the front face of the obelisk is vertical rectangle bronze honor roll listing residents who served in the war.
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This monument consists of a vertical granite slab with corner shoulders & a top gable resting on a stone slab base. Mounted to the front of the slab is a bronze plaque with raised frame and a central arch along the top. This arch allows the placement of the Elizabeth City seal at the top. The plaque contains an honor roll commemorating residents of Elizabeth who served in WWI.
The Elizabeth monument is one of many commemorative monuments placed in the city's Winfield Scott Plaza, a two-block-long park in front of City Hall.
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The monument commemorates several wars, beginning with World War I. Placed on a small, oval traffic island, this vertical shaft rests on a flat granite slab. The shaft is a tapered granite block, square in cross-section, topped by a bronze globe. Atop the globe is perched a bronze eagle with wings outspread.
A bronze plaque contains honor rolls from both WWI and WWII. Honor rolls from the Korean and Viet Nam wars are also attached beneath.
Photo courtesy of NJ State Historic Preservation Office.
The World War I monument in Glen Ridge, NJ is an elegant Beaux Arts design, located in front of Glen Ridge School. It consists of wide granite steps leading up to a raised, semi-circular plaza paved in arcs of stones. The plaza is bounded by a low, arch-shaped sandstone wall that terminates in sandstone scroll brackets, resting on plinths. Two stone benches are symmetrically placed on either side of the center line of the wall. Wall panels are marked with the name & units of local residents who died in the war.
In the center of the plaza is a flagpole atop a decorative, marble base. A cylinder sits atop a low square finished granite plinth block. Each side of the block is engraved with one of four major battles of the war - including Somme, Meuse-Argonne & St. Mihiel. The cylindrical flagpole base is embossed with shields flanked by spread-eagles with the years of US involvement - 1917 & 1918 - carved on opposite sides. The cylinder is topped by band moldings, crowned by a stone cap which serves as a base for a a bronze flagpole holder.
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The Gloucester City memorial is located in the east side yard of City Hall, adjacent to Broadway. It is one of several monuments placed in a small park grouping. The other portion of the memorial, to its south, is a multi-panel all-wars commemorative monument.
It consists of a battered granite pier, square in cross-section. The lower portion of the pier face is rusticated while the upper section is smooth. The upper portion of the pier is marked by bronze plaques indicating the purpose of the monument and the names of city residents who served in World War I. The very shallow, pyramidal, pier top is crowned by a granite ball atop which perches a bronze eagle.
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This monument consists of a rusticated granite slab that rises from a marble base. A large bronze plaque, mounted to the front of the slab, contains an honor roll of the Hawthorne residents who served in World War I. The plaque is crowned by a central spread-winged eagle whose talons are anchored in a US shield. In the background are sets of three angled, partially furled flags.
Photo courtesy of: Michael Herrick & Historical Marker Database
