Memorial

A corner marked with a sign that includes the deceased's name and a gold star.

This is a bronze figure of a WWI infantryman advancing through stumps and barbed wire of No Man's Land, holding a grenade in his upraised right hand and his rifle in his left. It was sculpted by E.M. Viquesney and dedicated on July 4,1925, to honor the vet­erans of WWI. It was relocated in 1970 and a plaque was attached to its new brick base in 1991 to also pay tribute to the veterans of WWII and the Korean and Vietnam Wars.

This is a life size granite statue of Pvt. Herman Davis, a sharp-shooter and company runner during World War I.  He stands at attention in front of a tall shaft, wearing a uniform with soft hat, pocket jacket, pants and wrapped leggings.  Next to the shaft are the flags of the U.S. and Arkansas.  Davis was cited for bravery for extraordinary heroism in action, after he single-handedly attacked a machine gun nest and killed its four gunners.  He received the U.S. Distinguished Service Cross and the French Croix de Guerre with Palm and Gilt Star. 

This monument honors Private Herman Davis, who grew up hunting near Manila and became a U.S. Army scout and sharpshooter in World War I. He was on General John J. Pershing’s list of World War I’s 100 great heroric stories. Davis received the Distinguished Service Cross, Croix de Guere, and Medaille Militaire awards from the American and French governments.

THIS / HERO PARK / AND MEMORIAL / IS LOVINGLY DEDICATED / TO THE MEMORY / OF THE SPLENDID SONS / OF STATEN ISLAND / WHO SO NOBLY / GAVE THEIR LIVES / IN THE WORLD WAR / 1917 -- 1918

IN MEMORIAM /---/ [142 names]

The Highland County Veterans Memorial was officially dedicated on 28 May 2012. This new-version of the memorial was established by relocating a previously dedicated monument from a different location on the Highland County Court House grounds and incorporating a full set of additional monuments, flags and brick pavers into the current version.

"In Honor of the Men of Highland Mills who Rendered Service in the World War 1917-1919"

Pietro Montana sculpted this bronze piece on a granite base. It was dedicated in 1925 as a tribute lo the local veterans of WWI.

This statue, installed on December 11,1926, honors the 278 men from Highland Park who died in World War I.

From Bach & Gray Chicago's Public Sculpture:  "An heroic bronze female figure symbolizing World War I stands against a granite backdrop. Bronze tablets at both sides of the figure list the names of servicemen from Highland Park who lost their lives during World War I. The monument was designed by James Cady Ewell, who was primarily a watercolorist. Ewell was born in Chicago and studied at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. He made sketching tours of the U.S. and Europe and had a one-man exhibition at the Art Institute in 1919. After many years as advertising manager for Wilson and Company, meat packers, Ewell retired to Florida, where he died at the age of seventy-three. 

IN HONOR OF THE 
MEN OF THIS COMMUNITY 
WHO SERVED IN DEFENSE 
OF OUR COUNTRY 
AND IN SACRED MEMORY OF 
THOSE WHO MADE 
THE SUPREME SACRIFICE 

Caroline A. Fox of Arlington, Massachusetts, gave this memo­rial to Hillsborough to honor its war dead from the Revolutionary War through WWI. It is a bronze eagle with wings spread, alighting on a large granite boulder. The town seal appears on a plaque on the front of the boulder. It was made by the T.F. McGann & Sons Com­pany foundry, and was dedicated on August 24, 1930.

Commemorating the 106 local service members killed in action (KIA) during World War I. This memorial is part of a larger Veterans Memorial Park and Museum honoring local service members from the Seminole War (~1817-1858) to the present day.

Hilton Ultimus Brown, Jr. was the son of Hilton U. and Jennie Brown.  He was born August 9, 1894.  He was part of Battery D, 7th Field Artillery, 1st Division.  He died during the Meuse-Argonne Offensive on November 3, 1918 and was awarded the Croix de Guerre.   He was buried in Beaumont, France.

This memorial has three components: a grove of 64 trees in rows and columns each marked with the name of an Easton resident who died during the War: a gateway with plaques and eagles leading to the grove of trees; and an M1918 155mm artillery piece.  The plaques read:

This Memorial Grove to Our Soldier Dead of the World War from the Rotary Club, Easton, PA. Dedicated May 1922.

This Gateway is a Tribute of Love and Honor to the Memory of the Soldiers and Sailors of Easton who gave their lives in the World War 1917-1918.

The Ho-Chunk WWI Veteran’s Memorial stands in front of the Ho-Chunk Gaming Casino. It was erected by the Andrew Blackhawk American Legion Post 129.

There is an inscription on the memorial which reads: “Twenty-six Wisconsin Winnebago men volunteered for the First World War in the 128th Infantry, Company D, 32nd Red Arrow Division, Mauston, Wisconsin. The fine example set by these men is worth exceptional praise because they were not even considered full-fledged citizens of this country at the time of their military service.

Foster DeCorah and Robert DeCorah gave their lives on the battlefield on August 5, 1918. Their deaths were not in vain. This nation exists today only because of the willingness of these brave men to preserve and protect their country by giving their lives in its defense. Their unselfish dedication to the preservation of freedom was in keeping with the highest traditions of Wisconsin Winnebago warriors and the United States Military Service.

In remembrance and with the utmost gratitude this memorial is humbly dedicated to the following Wisconsin Winnebago Veterans of World War I.

Robert Bigthunder, James Haynka, Andrew Blackhawk, Sam Little Soldier, James Brown, Nett Longtail, Allen DeCorah, Dewey Mike, Arthur DeCorah, George Miner, Foster DeCorah (Killed In Action), John Miner, Henry DeCorah, William Miner, Robert DeCorah (Killed In Action), Mike Standing Water, Russius DeCorah, Jesse Thompson, William DeCorah, Sam Thundercloud, Nelson B. De-LaRonde, Archie WhiteEagle, Andrew Funmaker, John WhiteEagle, James Greengrass, Martin WhiteBear, and Lyle Wright.”

One of E. M. Viquesney's "Spirit of the American Doughboy" statues.