This statue, which depicts a WWI soldier standing at parade rest, with both hands on the barrel of his rifle, has been on its pedestal in the park since 1929. The inscription on the front of the base reads: "In memory of our deceased World War veterans, Western District of Carroll County."
The statue was vandalized in September 2021.
This memorial was dedicated on April 8, 1923 to honor the 23 Wayne Countians who died in WWI.
The Doughboy Monument is a large monument built to commemorate the soldiers who fought in The First World War. This monument is surrounded by grassy lawns and houses a public restroom. The monument was constructed in 1926.
A World War I soldier stands at parade rest. Both hands clutch the barrel of his rifle, the butt of which rests on the ground. He wears a helmet, shirt, pants and boots and leans his right leg against a stump. He stands atop a granite, multi-tiered base. The front of the base contains a plaque honoring the veterans of Highlands.
Narrative adapted from Smithsonian Institution Research Information System (SIRIS) inventory #NJ000175.
Photos courtesy of:
Full monument - RC & Historical Marker Database
Detail - NJ State Historic Preservation Office
Description and photo from The E.M. Viquesney Doughboy Database
This monument is one of just two Viquesney Doughboys which specifically recognize the service of Native Americans in World War I. Muskogee, Oklahoma's recognizes "The Five Civilized Tribes" of the Cherokee, Chickasaw, Choctaw, Creek, and Seminole. For preservation purposes, the Doughboy has been heavily painted. The predominant color is green, but the face and hands are white, puttees (leggings) and shoes black, and the rifle and field pack brown. It appears to be in good condition, but the bayonet is missing.The Standing Rock Sioux Reservation is located just west of the Missouri River in both North and South Dakota. The larger portion is in South Dakota, but tribal offices are at Fort Yates, North Dakota, about 10 miles north of the line between the states. Bullhead is about 15 miles south of the line.
The inscription on the plaque on the front of the base reads:
DEDICATED TO THE
MEMORY OF THOSE WHO MADE
THE SUPREME SACRIFICE
AND HONOR OF THOSE
WHO SERVED IN THE WORLD WAR
1917-18
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PRESENTED BY
THE HUNKPAPA BAND OF SIOUX NATION
JUNE 29, 1935
The inscription on a plaque on the rear of the base reads:
HONOR ROLL
(followed by 8 names with stars)
DIED FROM EFFECTS OF WAR
(followed by 10 names)
SERVICE OVERSEAS
(followed by 12 names)
SERVICE WITH THE FLAG
(followed by 21 names)
The plaque was also made by E. M. Viquesney. Many of the names listed are tribal, rather than “Anglicized”.
Although the presentation date on the plaque reads June 29, 1935, the unveiling ceremony was held four days later on July 3. A photograph and description of the unveiling ceremony can be seen at Digital Horizons. Background details in that old photo suggest that the statue and flagpole might have been later moved a short distance to the present location.
Side 1:
THIS MONUMENT / TO THE DOVER PATROL / ERECTED AS A TRIBUTE TO THE / COMRADSHIP AND SERVICE OF THE / AMERICAN NAVAL FORCES / IN EUROPE / DURING THE WORLD WAR. / MONUMENTS OF IDENTICAL DESIGN AT / DOVER ENGLAND--CAP BLANC NEZ FRANCE--NEW YORK, NY. / ERECTED FORM FUNDS PROVIDED BY PUBLIC SUBSCRIPTION / IN GREAT BRITAIN /
Side 2:
TO THE GLORY OF GOD / AND IN EVERLASTING / REMEMBERANCE OF / THE DOVER PATROL / 1914-1919 / THEY DIED THAT WE MIGHT LIVE / MAY WE BE / WORTHY OF THEIR SACRIFICE /
Side 3:
1931 /
Erected in 1931, and designed by Sir Astor Webb P.R.A. & Son, this monument is a 75-foot tall obelisk constructed entirely from large blocks of Westerly granite. The monument commemorates the Dover Patrol, which was formed in Britain in July 1914. During World War I, a variety of craft served in the patrol - cruisers, destroyers old and new, submarines, mine-sweepers, armed trawlers, drifters, armed yachts, motor launches and other coastal craft - as well as a variety of aircraft - flying boats, airplanes, and airships. A committee was formed in November 1918 to raise a public subscription for the erection of a monument in memory of the patrol. Over £45,000 was raised, including £1,000 donated by King Albert and Queen Elizabeth of the Belgians. The first Dover Patrol monumental obelisk was dedicated in Dover, England in 1921. Two additional replicas were subsequently erected, one in Calais, France, and the third in Brooklyn/New York City. The monument sits in the middle of a plaza set within a larger landscape park at the Verrazano Narrows entryway to New York Harbor. On the front of the monument, etched into the stone, is the dedication to the Dover Patrol unit of the British Royal Navy, which was responsible for safeguarding the English Channel from German U-boats. An inscription on the proper right side of the granite base also dedicates it to the American Naval Forces of WWI. On the back of the base, set within a square niche, is the dedication date.
WWI Memorial Fountain
The fountain located at Main St & Broad St commemorates WWI and was dedicated on Memorial Day, 1922. The Intelligencer reported: “The life-size bronze statuary group, leaves out all of the bitterness of war and accentuates service and humanitarianism. It impressively pictures the ‘buddy’ spirit of the American soldier and the beauty of human sympathy.
Dr. John Taylor lived in this house and practiced medicine here. The Colonial Revival design of the house reflects a reaction against the ostentatious residences of the Victorian era.
The house was purchased by the Town of Boonton in 1921 as a memorial to World War I veterans. It served as the Town Hall until 1965 and is now the home of American Legion Post 124 and the Boonton Historical Society.
Narrative adapted from Morris County Heritage Commission website.
Image courtesy of: Dan Beards, Morris County Heritage Commission
This Memorial is located at Hovey Square in Dracut, MA. It is located at a triangular grass section splitting between Pleasant and Hildreth St. It features the names of 164 Dracut men and women who fought for their country during World War I. Seven of the 164 did not return. The memorial was dedicated in 1925 by President Calvin Coolidge, who made a personal appearance.
On August 14, 2021, the memorial was rededicated by the WWI Rededication Committee of Dracut . The Committee includes Richard J. Silvio (President), John Zimini (VP), Heather Pintal (Treasurer) and Richard W. Silvio (Secretary).
Dracut continues to remember their Doughboys and the handful who gave their lives over there.
THIS TABLET IS ERECTED / BY / THE CITY OF NEW YORK / IN HONOR OF / DR. LOUIS A. DREYFUS / AND HIS WIFE / BERTA E. DREYFUS / WHO DEEDED THIS LAND AS A PARK TO / THE CITY OF NEW YORK / TO PERPETUATE THE MEMORY OF THE / HEROES OF STATEN ISLAND / WHO MADE THE SUPREME SACRIFICE / IN THE WORLD WAR. /---/ A.D. 1920. /
The inscription on this memorial drinking fountain, erected in 1923 by the Knights of Pythias, reads:
Memorial
To Our Soldier Boys
Of Siskiyou County
Who Served
In the World War
Erected by
Eagle Cliff Lodge
163 K. of P.
A.D. 1923
DuPont Company owned & operated gunpowder manufacturing operations in Pompton Lakes beginning in 1902. With the onset of World War I, DuPont was producing huge quantities of powder in 1917, increasing employees to 7,500.
Production included:blasting caps, detonating fuses, boosters, primer and an unknown quantity of hand and rifle grenades.
A housing boom occurred, with many homeowners converting residences to rooming houses for workers. DuPont built a dormitory colony near the current site of Pompton Lakes High School. The impact was dramatic, and Pompton Lakes became known as a 'company town.'
The current Pompton Lakes Salvation Army building is an extension of one of the dormitories.
Narrative adapted from Federal Agency for Toxic Substances & Disease Registry.
Photo courtesy of: DuPont Company
DuPont's Powder Company located on Carneys Point, NJ existed since 1892. With the World War I defense boom, DuPont had expanded the plant to 67 times its prewar capacity and employed 25,000 workers by 1917. The town of Carneys Point largely developed in the prewar and war era to provide housing for plant employees.
Narrative adapted from DuPont Company website.
Photo courtesy of: DuPont Company
