Memorial

This memorial commemorates the residents of LaRue County who were killed or missing in World War I.

This memorial honors those who have served in every U.S. conflict from World War I to the present day, with plaques listing the names of those who gave their lives. In front of the memorial stands a "Battlefield Cross" sculpture comprised of a service member's rifle, helmet, and boots.

Doughboy statue and plaque memorializing the servicemembers of Lauderdale County during World War I, located in Dumont Plaza in downtown Meridian. The plaque reads:

1917-1918

To the glory of God and in honor of those of Lauderdale County who patriotically answered the call of our country to uphold justice and the rights of humanity and in loving remembrance of those who therein made the supreme sacrifice

Photos from Memorial Hunter Mark Hilton, the Doughboy Searcher, and waymarking.com

The photo in black-and-white was taken c. the 1940s.

ERECTED BY / THE CITIZENS OF / LAUREL HILL / IN MEMORY OF / THOSE WHO DIED IN / THE WORLD WAR / I - II / KOREA AND VIETNAM / 

"Laurens County Honor Roll World War - to their country in time of need these pledged life, fortune and sacred honor.”  Twenty-three names are inscribed on the plaque.

 Erected by the Oconee Chapter - United Daughters of the Confederacy  - in remembrance of those from Laurens County who died in the World War.

This memorial sits on the lawn of the Lawrence County Courthouse.

The text of the memorial reads:

In Memoriam: To the heroes of Lawrence County who made the supreme sacrifice in the Great War 1914 - 1918.

"The right is more precious than peace, we shall fight for the things which we have always carried nearest our hearts, to such a task we dedicate our lives."
-- Woodrow Wilson

This obelisk was erected to honor the brave citizens of Lawrence County, TN, who served in World War I. According to the monument, 50 men from Lawrence County fought in the war. Those who lost their lives are memorialized on two sides. This monument is part of the "Blue Star Memorial Highway," as indicated by a nearby marker. The inscriptions on the four sides of the obelisk read:

(side 1)
USA 1917-1919 Remembered

(side 2)
Erected in honor of the fifty heroic men from the 11th and 13th Civil Districts Lawrence Co. Tenn. who served in the Army and Navy of the U.S. in the World War 1917 - 1919

Lord God of Hosts, be with us yet, lest we forget, lest we forget.

(side 3)
1st Lt. Edward S Stewart. Commanding Officer Co., 12, Battalion 15, U.S.A. Died at Ft. Oglethorpe Ga. Oct. 19, 1918

Malcolm C. Patterson Private Battery F. 114TH. Field Art. U.S.A. Died at Camp Sevier S.C. Oct. 11, 1917

(side 4)
1st Lt. Leoline O. Crane, Killed near Chateau Thierry France, in the 2nd Battle of the Marne July 19,1918.

Flavious J. Merrow Private 1st. Class Co. E. 119th U.S. Inf. Killed in the Battle of Bellicourt France Sept. 19, 1918.

Outside the coliseum entrance is a concrete plaza around which are set 485 Mt. Airy granite obelisks, each about three feet tall and about three feet from the neatest other ones. Among them are planted small trees. Each has the name of one of the 485 residents of Forsyth County who died in a U.S. war. They were sculpted by James Ford (1947-92) to honor the local individuals who died in WWI, WWII, the Korean and Vietnam Wars, and the action in Grenada,

A very interesting folk-art WWI memorial on the NW corner of the Leavenworth County Courthouse grounds in Leavenworth KS, dedicated to "Our Boys" who made the supreme sacrifice.

This is a memorial wall bearing small tiles inscribed with veteran’s names, and information about their military service.

This park is named for WWI Pvt. Leon F. Abbott, who was killed in action near Chateau-Thierry, France, on July 13. 1918. In it is a granite boulder and bronze inscription plaque on one side, and a bronze cross and palm frond on the other, all surrounded by a wrought iron fence. It was dedicated in 1930.

The Town Square is in the heart of Leonardtown, Maryland. The upper square is often referred to as the War Memorials Garden. In the center stands the World War I Memorial. The two-sided monument has four bronze plaques with the names of 27 St. Mary's County residents who lost their lives in the war.
The monument was dedicated on November 11, 1921, then known as Armistice Day. 1500 people attended the ceremony which included ex-servicemen, the Red Cross, mass, and a parade.

The monument was rededicated on Memorial Day, 1986 after it was vandalized and repaired.

This memorial consists of a uniformed World War I soldier in a charging position, going "over the top", standing atop a stone boulder. The soldier wears a helmet and holds his rifle on his proper right side, thrust forward at the ready.

The inscription reads: 

THIS STATUE ERECTED BY GRATEFUL PARENTS OF SOLDIER SONS IN HONOR OF THOSE LIVING AND DEAD WHO SERVED IN THE WORLD WAR.
This boulder from the foot of round top, Battlefield of Gettysburg

This is a life-size bronze statue of a WWI soldier with bowed head, holding a cross-shaped grave marker in bis right hand. Barbed wire and a helmet are at his feet. On the stone base are bronze plaques depicting allegorical figures of Peace. This was sculpted by John G. Hardy and was erected in 1923 in memory of the Marlborough cit­izens who died in WWI.

THIS MEMORIAL IS GRATEFULLY
BY THE PEOPLE OF
LEWIS COUNTY IN MEMORY OF
THOSE SERVICE MEN AND WOMEN
WHO DIED DURING TIME OF
CONFLICT. BECAUSE OF THE
SACRIFICE THESE CITIZEN
SOLDIERS MADE, WE ENJOY
THE ULTIMATE GIFT OF FREEDOM

DEDICATED MAY 31, 1993

This granite Cenotaph is in front of “The Sentinel” Doughboy statue
and bears the names of Lewis County, Washington citizens who made
The Supreme Sacrifice in the wars of our Republic.
Pictured here is just the World War 1 section.

Location: George Washington Park
East side of S. Pearl St. between W. Main St. & Centralia College Blvd./W. Locust St.
Centralia, Washington 98531

The inscription on this memorial reads:

"A TRIBUTE TO THE SOLDIERS, SAILORS AND MARINES OF LEXINGTON COUNTY WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE WORLD WAR. 1917 - 1918"

The sides of the memorial list the names of the veterans who fought in World War I.

E.M. Viquesney sculpted this bronze figure of a WWI infantry­man advancing through the slumps and barbed wire of No Man's Land, while carrying a rifle and hand grenade. It was dedicated on June 10, 1923, as a gift of the Alumni Association of the Wentworth Military Academy. It honors the Wentworth cadets who died in WWI.