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  • Memorial Hunters Club Submission: thewanderer
27701 Durham
NC
USA

The monument was placed by the Durham County chapter of the fraternal organization, The Junior Order of United American Mechanics.

The monument reads "Dedicated To Those Who Served in the World War - 1917-1919". Below is the "Roll of the Honored Dead" listing all the Durham County Residents who died in the war.

  • Memorial Hunters Club Submission: Memorial Hunter: Frank Tripi
774 Tremont St
02332 Duxbury
MA
USA

This stone memorial, located in the Duxbury Mayflower Cemetery, is decorated with an engraving of a bald eagle. It reads:

Dedicated In Memory Of The Men And Women Of Duxbury Who Served In Defense Of Our Country

Amherst Mayor's Office, 223 S. Main St.
44001 Amherst
OH
USA

This is a sandstone sculpture of an eagle with open wings, seated on a rock. Beneath is a rough-hewn granite boulder sitting on a smooth hexagonal base, and all sits within a raised circular wall. It was dedicated in June of 1924 to honor 16 local citizens who died in service during WWI. On a plaque added later are the names and dates of wars from WWII through the Persian Gulf War.

  • Plaque or tablet
1300 block of Brownsville Road, directly across from Dairy Queen
Pittsburgh
PA
USA
  • Dedication Date: May 30, 1961
Fincastle Cemetery
45171 Sardinia
OH
USA

Eagle Township World War Memorial located in Fincastle Cemetery. Hotchkiss Machine Gun tripod mount. Erected by Boy Scouts of America and Dedicated on May 30, 1961.

46312 East Chicago
IN
USA
  • Memorial Hunters Club Submission: TheWanderer63
125 Main St.
02818 East Greenwich
RI
USA

In East Greenwich's downtown section is the East Greenwich Town Hall, with an ornate World War I Memorial on the front lawn. The monument is made of stone with bronze plaques on both sides. The text on the front surrounds a female figure standing with her arms outstretched in a robe. She is in full relief above the top part, and her feet protrude from the curtain of the robe. The plaque on the rear of the monument lists 139 names of East Greenwich citizens who served in the World War.

  • Memorial Hunters Club Submission: The Wanderer
Main St and Central Ave
06108 East Hartford
CT
USA

East Hartford honors its World War I heroes with a 1929 statue called "Ready," or "Doughboy." The statue commemorates the eighteen East Hartford residents who lost their lives during the conflict. A dedication on the statue's west face reads: "In honor of the men and women of East Hartford who answered their country's call to service in the World War. To the dead a tribute, to the living a memory, to posterity a token of loyalty to the flag of their country." Approximately four million Americans served in the U.S. Armed Forces during World War I from April 6, 1917 – November 11, 1918. Connecticut supplied nearly 63,000 soldiers to the cause (roughly five percent of its total population), including many from East Hartford. The bronze statue honors the eighteen East Hartford residents who died during the war. However, it is important to note that not all the names on the statue served in the U.S. military. Several people, including in East Hartford, had ties to Canada, Britain, and other nations. Thus, before the U.S. broke its neutrality, some joined the war effort by enlisting with other nations already engaged in the war. The figure stands 7 feet, 4 inches x 4 feet x 4 feet, and rests on a sizable, multi-layered base. The "doughboy" term stems from the nickname given to U.S. World War I troops. Though few know precisely how the name arose, many believe it came from soldiers crossing the Mexican border in 1916 who received the doughboy nickname because they were covered in white dust. Regardless of its true origin, the doughboy reference attached to World War I troops during the conflict and throughout history. The formal dedication transpired on October 5, 1929, twenty-four days before the infamous stock market crash that ultimately marked the start of the Great Depression. Nearly ninety years later, in 2018 (the 100th Anniversary of the end of World War I), the statue benefited from a small restoration project to maintain its well-being. All told, the statue directly honors those East Hartford residents who died fighting in World War I. Indirectly, the statue serves as a reminder of a profound change for Americans, who sent troops overseas to fight in a war for the first time. Meanwhile, the world effectively transitioned from the "long nineteenth century" to a much different twentieth century. Still, millions died in the process during "the war to end all wars," or so it was believed in 1918. The eighteen people of East Hartford were part of that profound change.

  • Width: 3'2
  • Depth: 3'2
  • Other Measurements: Pole D:7
  • 1942
  • Dedication Date: 1942
  • Ukrainian Production Unit
  • Flagstaff and base
  • Flagpole
500 E 9th St
10009 New York
NY
USA

IN MEMORY OF OUR / DEPARTED COMRADES / EAST SIDE POST - 868 - A - L / PRESENTED BY / THE UKRAINIAN / PRODUCTION UNIT / OF THE NEW YORK / CHAPTER / A.D. 1942 / AMERICAN RED CROSS /

  • Memorial Hunters Club Submission: The Wanderer
1 College Circle
18301 East Stroudsburg
PA
USA

The inscription on this memorial reads: 

I PREPARE FOR SERVICE

THESE HAVE NOBLY SERVED

In honor of
Alumni Students and Teachers
who served in the Great War

What more can a man offer than his life

 Fred Armstrong, Navy - Died
Elmer Frederick, Sgt. Av. - Died
George N. Kemp, Capt. Inf. - Killed
Peter L. McGeady, C.W.S. - Died
Raymond H. Noble, Capt. Ord. - Died
L. Glenn Saunders, Sgt. Eng. - Killed
———————————————
[Honor Roll of Veterans]

  • Who is Memorialized?: Eastern High School students killed in the Spanish American War and World War One
  • Memorial Inscription: In Memory of Eastern High School Alumni Who Died for Humanity
  • Materials (select all that apply): Brick
  • Width: 7 ft
  • Depth: 7
  • In original location
  • Dedication Date: 1923
  • Alumni of Eastern High School
  • Thomas Henderson Farnsworth; James Franklin Hagan; Charles Edwin Chambers; Carl Augustus Bostron; Albert Zayne Pyles
  • Kathryn Harris, designer
  • Column or pillar
1700 East Capitol Street SE
20003 Washington
DC
USA

The Eastern High School Alumni flagstaff commemmorates seven former Eastern High students who were killed in the Spanish-American War and World War I. Paid for by alumni of the school, the flagstaff stands before the school's main entrance. It was in place when the school moved to this then-new building on March 1, 1923.

  • Memorial Hunters Club Submission: Brokk Tollefson
179 Eastford Road
06242 Eastford
CT
USA

This memorial was originally dedicated in 1947, on the centennial of the City of Eastford, and was rededicated on November 11, 2013. Before the rededication, only the stone with the plaques was in the middle of a patch of green grass, bushes, and trees. One year before the rededication, construction was started to install the stone wall, path, pillars, and service branch plaques. The memorial lists the names of all veterans from Eastford since World War I.  The installation and construction of the renovated monument cost over $26,000 and was completely paid for by Chris Bowen to honor his father who was a WWII veteran.  The flag is flown 24/7 and is properly illuminated with lights at night.

  • Memorial Hunters Club Submission: The Wanderer
W. Commerce St. at S. Lamar St.
76448 Eastland
TX
USA

The inscription on this memorial fountain reads:

Erected by Civic League in memory of those from Eastland County who made supreme sacrifice in World War.

  • Dedication Date: 1955
  • Single figure -- soldier

Eaton Rapids Community War Memorial

We dedicate this plaque
"To the ones who served"
in the
Spanish-American War
1898
World War I
1914-1918
World War II
1941-1945
The Korean Conflict
1950-1953
From Eaton Rapids and community
This plaque donated by the American Legion and V.F.W.

  • Dedication Date: November 11, 2012
  • Photos courtesy of Brooklyn Reese
110 GA Highway 94 East
31648 Statenville
GA
USA

Description:  Red brick wall with mounted military service and dedication plaques. 

Inscription:  “This veterans wall is dedicated to the men and to the women who honorably served to uphold the Constitution of the United States.  Dedicated Veterans Day November 2012 by ECVG Lloyd Corbett, Chris McMasters, James Barrett, Sr.”

Brick pavers for veterans are placed at the wall. 

  • Memorial Hunters Club Submission: Robert Shay, PH3, USNR-R, 1964-70
4521 W. 50th St.
55424 Edina
MN
USA

Dedicated May 25, 2015
Flag Pole originally dedicated May 30, 1955

The story behind this Memorial Monument can not be told in a few sentences here.
Please read the PDF linked below. After reading it I am sure you will see as I did,
that his story could have been written about any of the thousands of small towns
and neighborhoods in America that have sent their young sons and daughters off
to war in defense of our great nation and our G-d given rights and freedoms.
https://www.edinamn.gov/DocumentCenter/View/3934

The 34 names on this Memorial Monument are those of native and adopted
sons of Edina (and Morningside during the period of separation) who died
while serving in a time of war over the years since Edina was incorporated
in 1888. The first death occurred during the First World War, when Roy
and Elizabeth Sherman’s 18-year-old son Elmer was killed while fighting in
a heavily fortified sector of France’s Argonne Forest. Elmer Sherman was
the only Edina resident who perished in that conflict.

  • Memorial Hunters Club Submission: Robert Shay, PH3, USNR-R, 1964-70
Edwardsville City Park
62025 Edwardsville
IL
USA

“Our Sons”

The words on the name tag of Ryan C. Garbs’ bronze bust at the Edwardsville City Park read “Our Sons”.
The monument was inspired by the life and death of the U.S. Army Ranger Specialist who was killed In
Action on February 18, 2007 in Afghanistan at the age of 20. His parents, Douglas and Jill Garbs, wanted
to memorialize all Edwardsville’s sons who died in wars since 1900. There are 77 names listed on granite
stones on each side of the bust.
Douglas Garb said the idea to include others came the day of his only son’s funeral when he encountered
the parents of a college buddy, 1st LT. David Boyle, USMC, who was also a fallen soldier. Dave’s mom and
dad came up through the visitation line. When our eyes met, I was like: I hadn’t thought of Dave since '83.
And right then I knew I was going to do something so we wouldn't forget. And I was not only going to honor
Dave, my friend, I'm going to find some of the other guys.”
The result of Garbs’ quest is the Ryan C. Garbs Gold Star Monument, a memorial that stands in front of the
Edwardsville Public Library. A dedication ceremony took place on Saturday, April 21, 2012.
Garbs said the monument is a testimony to the generosity of the Edwardsville community. Countless individuals,
businesses and organizations have helped the Garbs family raise $75,000 to erect the monument, from the
$10,000 donation from the Edwardsville Rotary Club to an 86-cent donation from an Alton woman who taped the
coins to an index card with a note saying it was all she could afford."This journey has been extraordinary and so
many people have stepped up to help," Garbs said. “As time went on, it evolved into what it is today — just
remarkable.”Garbs said Ryan was a special man, who represents so many others.
- Edited from St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Suburban Journals article dated April 19, 2012

“Our Sons”
  • Other Measurements: Plaque H:2'5
  • 1935
  • Dedication Date: 1935
  • Plaque: American Legion, Monument: DPR
  • Monument with tablet
  • Column or pillar
Port Richmond Ave
10302 New York
NY
USA

FOR GOD AND COUNTRY/ EGBERT SQUARE/ NAMED IN HONOR OF/ ARTHUR STANLEY EGBERT/ SEA 2C USNRF/ WHO DIED IN THE SINKING OF THE/ USS PRESIDENT LINCOLN, ON MAY 31, 1918/ AND DEDICATED TO THE MEN AND WOMEN/ OF PORT RICHMOND AND GRANITEVILLE/ WHO DEVOTEDLY SERVED THEIR COUNTRY / IN THE WORLD WAR 1917-1918 / ERECTED BY / ARTHUR S. EGBERT POST NO 95 / THE AMERICAN LEGION

  • Stele with eagle in front, plaque attached at back, two smaller incised steles at side with plaques at back
  • Other
South side of Richmond Road at Rockland Avenue
NY
USA

Plaque

THIS MONUMENT IS DEDICATED 
TO THE MEN OF 
EGBERTVILLE, STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. 
WHO SERVED IN THE WORLD WAR 
1917-1918 
ROLL OF HONOR 
ARMY 
SAMUEL AVINS --- JOHN DIMARCO --- LUIGI PETOSA 
GEORGE BRAND --- MAZZARENO DIMARCO --- WILLIAM ROSS 
FRANK BRODERICK --- LOUIS EUPHRAT --- MICHELE RUBERTO 
GEORGE BRODERICK --- S. GEORGE HARRIS --- NICHOLAS TESTA 
JOSEPH BRODERICK --- JAMES HENNESSY --- PETER VARRIANO 
WILLIAM BRODERICK --- MICHELE IACAMPO --- JOHN VENDITTI 
EDWARD COMERY --- DONATO MANCINO --- WILFRED YOUDS 
JOHN COMERY --- ERM. MANGONE --- FRANK ZICKI 
J. VINCENT CURRY --- F.J. MATTES --- GEORGE ZICKI 
MICHAEL DELANEY --- OTTO MORATH --- RUPPERT ZICKI 
NAVY 
LOUIS BETHOS --- JOHN FINLEY --- FRANK STEINERT 
HENRY BREDSON --- CHARLES FISCHER --- PERCY WHITEY 
WILLIAM COMERY --- PETER GARRAMONE --- STANLEY YOST 
STEP. FALKENBURY --- FREDERICK ZICKI 
MEMORIAL COMMITTEE 
MICHAEL RAPP, PRES. --- JOHN H. NUGENT, TREAS. --- EDWARD A. FINLEY, SEC. 
HENRY YOUDS --- EDWARD GORHAM --- DANIEL GUNDACKER 
ROBERT STEINERT, JR. --- JOHN J. MCMANUS --- PATSY VURCHIO 
FRANCIS DILLON --- JOSEPH GARRAVONE --- ALBERT RAPP 


Small plaque 1

WORLD WAR II 
HONOR 


Small plaque 2

KOREA 
HONOR 


Small plaque 3

THESE POSTS AND CHAINS 
ARE DONATED BY THE 
CHILDREN OF 
EGBERTVILLE, 
1921 


Pedestal

ERECTED 
MCMXX 
BY 
THE CITIZENS 
OF 
EGBERTVILLE