ERECTED / IN MEMORY OF / JOSEPH H. LYONS / BORN NOV. 13, 1891 DIED
DEC. 12, 1934
A GALLANT SOLDIER / IN THE WORLD WAR / 1917-1918/
A CIVIC MINDED CITIZEN / BELOVED BY ALL WHO KNEW HIM / PRO PATRIA/
DEDICATED BY / JAMES S. SLOSSON POST / AMERICAN LEGION / MAY 28,
1938/
The Joseph Oklahombi Code Talker Bride is located on SH-98 -- 1.4 miles from Wright City as you're approaching US-70.
Joseph W. Guyton (1889 ~ 1918) lived most of his life near Evart, working as a farmer, plumber, and well driller. When the U.S. entered World War I inn 1917, Guyton was drafted into the army. He could have elected not to go since he was married and had a child, but instead he served with the 126th Infantry Regiment of the 32nd "Red Arrow Division". On May 24, 1918, shortly after reaching the front line in the Alsace region of what was then Germany, Guyton was the first American killed on German soil when he was hit by machine gun fire. France bestowed the Croix De Guerre medal upon Guyton, as well as his unit to recognize their bravery in combat Guyton's comrades buried his remains in a churchyard. In 1921 the remains were returned to the United States and buried in Evart's Forest Hill Cemetery.
In 1918 when Private Joseph Guyton died during World War I, his fellow soldiers buried him in a German cemetery. In 1921 his remains and those of 5,212 other U.S. soldiers were returned home. At a memorial ceremony in Hoboken, New Jersey, President Warren Harding laid a wreath on Guyton's casket which represented all the war dead. Guyton's remains were given to his parents and daughter, his wife having died in the worldwide flu epidemic only months after him. Newspapers reported that 10,000 people attended Guyton's funeral in his hometown of Evart. Tributes include; Evart's Guyton Park, the Joseph W. Guyton American Legion post in Evart, the US-10 "Guyton" Bridge over the Muskegon River in Osceola County, and Guyton Elementary School in Detroit.
"Greater Love Hath No Man Than This,That A Man Lay Down His Life For His Friends"
This is a bronze high relief figure of a French legionnaire, wearing a uniform of the Jutras Post No. 43 and holding a flagstaff with the flag swirling behind him. Also in the scene are two palm branches and a flower. It sits on an elaborate granite base shaped as a tall Gothic arch on a three-tiered base.
Flanking the arch are buttresses, and at the top is an ornate cross. On the base are the seals of the U.S. and New Hampshire, over bronze olive branches. This was sculpted by Lucien H. Gosselin and dedicated on October 8, 1939, to honor the Manchester French-Americans who served in WWI.
The inscription on this memorial, erected in 1925 by the Kanawha Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution, reads:
IN GRATEFUL RECOGNITION OF THE HEROISM AND SACRIFICE OF THE MEN OF KANAWHA COUNTY WEST VIRGINIA WHO GAVE THEMSELVES FOR LIBERTY AND HUMANITY DURING THE WORLD WAR
Columns contain Honor Roll lists with the names of those from Kanawha County who died during World War I.
On a tall, square granite column stands a bronze robed female figure, possibly Liberty, holding a flag and laurel wreath. She is flanked at the base by a WWI soldier and a WWI sailor carrying guns. There is also a spread-winged bronze eagle holding a quiver of arrows, olive branch and laurel leaves. It was sculpted by A. Ghioli and dedicated in 1922. Commemorative tablets added June of 1989 honor the veterans of the Civil War, WWI, WWII, and the Korean and Vietnam Wars.
Dedicated on Memorial Day 2021, with the support of Coraopolis VFW Post 402 and Sewickley VFW Post 5756, this bronze Doughboy statue honors veterans from all 6 service branches who fought in wars from World War I to the war on terror.
The World War I Kemmel American Monument is six miles south of Ieper (Ypres), Belgium. It is a small monument on a low platform consisting of a rectangular white stone block, in front of which is carved a soldier's helmet upon a wreath. It commemorates the services and sacrifices of the American troops who, in the late summer of 1918, fought nearby in units attached to the British Army. Some are buried in Flanders Field American Cemetery at Waregem, Belgium, 30 miles to the east.
The inscription reads:
Erected by the United States of America to commemorate
the services of American troops who fought in this vicinity
August 18–September 4 1918
The 27th and 30th Divisions are honored. They served with the British Army from arrival in Europe in May 1918. Their participation in the Ypres-Lys Offensive began when the 30th Division took position in the line on August 18, and the 27th on August 23. The Allied advance began on August 31. Both divisions met determined German resistance. They moved forward slowly. That afternoon the 27th Division reached the area where the Kemmel Monument stands. They advanced against German forces on September 1 and 2. The 27th Division was relieved on September 3, and the 30th Division the next day. Both divisions moved south to the region near St. Quentin. Soon they fought in the Somme Offensive, September 23-30.
The memorial is a large stone monument with a bronze plaque. The plaque is inscribed with a long list of names of all soldiers and sailors from Kennebunk who participated in World War I. At the bottom of the list is the following inscription:
Kennebunk
Her Soldiers and Sailors
Of The World War 1914-1918
The Kimball World War Memorial was the first memorial built in the United States to honor African-American veterans of World War I. The Classical Revival style building, designed by noted West Virginia architect Hassel T. Hicks of Welch, was completed in 1928 and listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1993. The War Memorial became the headquarters of the nation’s first all-black American Legion Post and hosted some of the state’s first NAACP meetings.
Unknown today by many Americans, over 400,000 African Americans volunteered to serve in combat during the Great War. 50,000 of these soldiers actually served overseas -- one-third of the total U.S. fighting forces -- and 1,500 of these came from McDowell County. While discriminatory military practices were still prevalent, when allowed to fight these black soldiers did so with honor, demonstrating their valor in combat with French forces at the Battles of Argonne, Chateau Thierry, St. Mihies, Champagne, Vosges, and Metz. One-hundred-and-seventy-one (171) were awarded the Croix de Guerre for “gallantry in action”. Thirteen hundred (1,300) were eventually commissioned as officers in the U.S. Military for their service during World War I.
The War Memorial was designed in the classical Greek style by Hassell T. Hicks, a noted Welch architect, also a World War I veteran, and was dedicated on February 11, 1928. Originally the building housed an auditorium with a small stage, a library, meeting rooms, kitchen facilities, a billiard room and a trophy room, with displays of plaques dedicated to veterans, and wartime memorabilia. It was a multi-purpose facility, hosting such diverse activities as American Legion meetings, high school proms, wedding receptions, and performances by Cab Calloway and other well-known entertainers of the day.
The Kimball War Memorial was a focal point of community life for decades, serving as a cultural and social center for all residents of McDowell County.
Over time, deterioration, abandonment and finally a fire in 1991 crippled the beautiful structure, leaving only its exterior shell.
For over 30 years, a group of citizens had been pursuing the dream of restoring the Memorial to its former glory. With the financial and other support of many, the dream became a reality. The memorial was the recipient of a 2007 Honor Award presented by the West Virginia Chapter of the America Institute of Architects and was also featured in the National Trust for Historic Preservation’s forum as a Preservation Solution. The Memorial was also honored in 2006 with a Congressional Black Caucus Veterans Braintrust Award.
Presently, The Kimball World War Memorial was serves as a living community resource and is available for a wide variety of functions, including tours, training sessions, classes, organizational meetings, organizational dinners, receptions and other social events.
The two-story, light-brick building stands on a sturdy cut-stone foundation. Its plan is a rectangular box with a small entrance vestibule on the east side. The facade faces south and displays a monumental classical portico centered in the middle. Four terra cotta columns stand on brick bases and support a tall terra cotta entablature. Laurel reliefs decorate the frieze section over each column. A band of dentils extends across the portico just under the cornice. Historic photographs of the building reveal a terra cotta extension over the entablature that held the words "World War Memorial". This section of the entablature has crumbled and no longer displays the building's name. A simple terra cotta parapet at the roofline flanks the centered portico and extends along the other two sides of the building.
Three pairs of door openings stand between the columns and open onto a shallow balcony, each separated by the columns' brick bases. The original doors were wood-framed, multi-paned double doors with metal-framed transoms. On the second level centered over each doorway are tall, metal-framed multi-paned windows in arched openings. flanking the portico are single multi-paned windows on each level.
The Memorial Building's main entrance stands on the east side behind an entrance vestibule that has an arched opening. Concrete stairs with wrought iron railings ascend from the street level to the entrance. An arched window identical to the windows on the facade is located directly above the entrance. The rear of the building holds two second-level doorways that open at ground level to the steep grade behind. The building's west side simply has a narrow chimney and two windows on each level.
The inscription on this monuments reads:
THIS TABLET IS ERECTED IN MEMORY OF THE MEN WHO SERVED IN THE WORLD WAR FROM KING GEORGE COUNTY.
ERECTED IN 1935 BY THE RATCLIFFE-OWENS-SUMNER POST NO. 89, AMERICAN LEGION, VIRGINIA DIVISION; DONATED BY BETTY MCGUIRE SMOOT.
MEMORIAL KNOLL / TO THOSE WHO GAVE THEIR / LIVES FOR THEIR COUNTRY/ IN THE WORLD WAR / ERECTED / 1921
This restored memorial plaque honors those from Kittitas County who died in service during World War 1. The picture gallery contains photos of other memorials (for WW2, Vietnam, and Korea) also located at the Kittitas County Court House, as well as a photo of the old court house before it was demolished in 1955.
This monument is located on the Klamath Tribes Administration property. The monument is made of a sculpture of a Native American soldier dressed in a military uniform and wearing a beret. Underneath the sculpture, there is an inscription which reads: “Honoring our veterans” and surrounding the sculpture are the flags of each branch of the military, the U.S.A., and the Klamath Tribes.
TO OUR VALIANT BROTHERS WHO DIED / IN THE SERVICE OF OUR COUNTRY/
IN WORLD WAR I / KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS - STATE OF NEW YORK/
(LIST OF 10 NAMES)
