100 Cities - 100 Memorials

These two monuments were placed inside Mammoth Cave in the 1920s to honor the soldiers who died in World War I. The American Legion and American War Mothers selected Mammoth Cave as a timeless place to recognize the soldiers who died during the devastating conflict.

On August 30, 1922, as part of the American Legion Convention in Louisville, Kentucky, a monument was placed inside Mammoth Cave to honor the fallen of the Great War. Inside the monument, 35 states each placed a list of the fallen soldiers from their respective states. In 1929, a second monument was placed by the America War Mothers to also honor the fallen of the Great War.

In 2017, in coordination with the centennial of World War I, the two monuments were refurbished. The damage caused by years of vandalism was repaired, and what remained of the original documents listing the names of the American dead were once again enshrined inside the base of the American Legion monument. The two monuments were then returned to their original location at the entrance to the Rotunda.

Three granite stelae stand together. The taller center one is en­graved with an image of a cross and the outer two have an honor roll of Manasquan residents who served in WWI, WWII and the Korean and Vietnam Wars.

This is a life-size Statue of a uniformed Spanish-American War or Civil War soldier standing at parade rest, holding the barrel of a rille whose butt rests on the ground in front of his right foot. He has a bayonet and ammunition pack, and his boots are untied. He is painted in a variety of colors and stands on a seven-tiered base bearing a marble dedication plaque. It was first dedicated on May 30, 1907, to honor the veterans of the Civil and Spanish-American Wars. Later plaques were added to honor the veterans of WWI, WWII and the Korean and Vietnam Wars.

This is a bronze life-size statue of a standing WWI soldier, who holds a flag in his right hand and holds his left above his head. It was sculpted by Philip S. Sears in 1931 and is a memorial to those who served in WWI.

Atop a tall shaft of New Hampshire granite is a bronze figure of Victory depicted as a winged female wearing long robes, with her arms raised high. She holds a flagpole and a laurel branch. Beneath her feet is a globe, and under that are four eagles.

At the bottom are two bronze figure groups. One has Colum­bia wearing an armored breastplate and a helmet, holding a sword and shield inscribed "1917," flanked by a soldier and sailor. The other has a hooded grieving figure leaning on a large open book. This was sculpted by Lucien H. Gosselin and dedicated on May 30, 1929, as a memorial to the citizens of Manchester who died in WWI.

This is a full-sized bronze figure of a WWI soldier marching with a rifle held over his light shoulder. It was sculpted by Theo A.R. Kitson and dedicated on May 30, 1937, as a tribute to the Mansfield men who served in WWI.

A memorial bronze plaque and 10-ton boulder dedicated Maplewood Memorial Park "to the men and women who served their country during World War I."  The formal dedication occurred on Memorial Day 1931, when the park first opened. 

Originally, eight American Elm trees were planted to commemorate fallen solders from Maplewood.  A small plaque near the amphitheater still marks the location. 

Photo courtesy of:  NJ State Historic Preservation Office
Historic photo courtesy of:  Maplewood Public Library

Monument dedicated to Maries CO Missouri World War One veterans at the courthouse in Vienna, MO

Three separate stelae, each about six feet tall, share a common stone base. They are carved with foliated side borders and a bas-relief eagle, and each is surrounded by low shrubbery. They were erected in 1986 by the veterans and auxiliary organizations in Wash­ington County to honor the veterans of WWI, WWII, and the Ko­rean and Vietnam Wars.

Atop a rough-cut granite block is a bronze Marine emblem de­picting a globe, anchor and double-headed eagle. One bronze plaque on the block is a relief portrait of Corp. Merrill Laws Ricketts and two lists of 35 Hamilton County Marines who died in service in WWI. The other bronze plaque forms a drinking fountain and com­memorates the dedication of the memorial on July 4, 1921. It was sculpted by Sarah L. Ayers Kruthap (1894 - 1980).

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This Memorial Monument was sponsored by the Boots - Dickson American Legion
Post 174 and dedicated on July 4th, 1987. The continuing Honoring Veterans Brick
program is sponsored by the Palmyra Area Community Betterment group and new
bricks are added each Veterans Day. In this World War 1 Centennial year 2018, 12
new 8”x 8” bricks were added to the 164 existing bricks on plaza area in front of the
Monument, facing the Courthouse.
Post 174 of the American Legion was founded at a meeting of former servicemen on
October 16, 1919 at the Marion County Courthouse. At the time of this meeting it was
decided, by ballot, that the name of the Post should be “The Boots - Dickson Post”
in honor and memory of Wade Boots and Charles Howard Dickson, deceased, both
Palmyra boys who died as heroes in the World War.
Pvt. Wade A. Boots, U.S. Army, September 12, 1896 to November 4, 1918 is buried at
Greenwood Cemetery in Palmyra. Pvt. Boots died of wounds received in battle.
Sgt. Charles Howard Dickson, U.S. Army 354th Infantry Regiment, 89th Infantry
Division. Sgt. Dickson was Killed In Action on November 1, 1918. He is buried with
his comrades in the Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne, France - Plot
G, Row 20, Grave 35. Maintained by the American Battle Monument Commission.
Both soldiers were posthumously awarded the Purple Heart and the World War 1
Victory Medal.

This memorial honors the soldiers from Marion County who died during World War I.  It was erected by Marion City Schools in 1927.  The inscription reads:

“To you from failing hands we throw the torch; be yours to hold it high.”

This is a line from the famous World War I poem In Flanders Field by Lt. Col. John McCrae.

Standing on a boulder is a metal statue of a WWI doughboy, appearing to be advancing through the barbed wire and stumps of No Man's Land, while he carries a rifle and a grenade. Attached to the boulder is also a plaque dedicating it to the veterans of WWI. It was placed here in 1936 by the Daughters of the American Revolu­tion.

This E.M. Viquesney Spirit of the American Doughboy statue was erected in Markesan in 1946 by August Hein (apparently purchased from another community although the details of how Mr. Hein acquired the statue are not known).  Originally standing in Hen Park, in 2007 the statue was moved to Grand River Memorial Park, and is now under the care of American Legion Post #282. The Doughboy was restored and rededicated in the summer of 2009, Before the restoration, most of the rifle was missing. The statue and its original stone base are now mounted atop a new pedestal in Grand River Memorial Park, in an area known as North Terrace on the grounds of Markesan Resident Home.

A full-length statue of a Civil War soldier fashioned out of white bronze (also known as Charleston zinc) stands wearing a cap, shoul­der-length cape, shoes, trousers, and a knee length coat. He is hold­ing a flagpole and sword. Beneath him is a multi-tiered base and three-stepped Marlboro granite plinth. Bronze plaques depict the medallion of the G.A.R., a bust of Abraham Lincoln, and a battle scene. It was dedicated on September 19, 1894.

Three additional plaques were added to commemorate the Marl­borough veterans of WWI, WWII, and the Korean and Vietnam Wars.

This is a granite full-length figure of a WWI soldier wearing a uniform and hat, with a scabbard, field bag, and canteen. He stands by a tree stump, and the sculpture rests on a granite base consisting of a straight-sided die and molded cornice. It is inscribed with a lau­rel wreath and military symbols. On a bronze plaque with a bas-re­lief eagle are the names of those from Marlow who served in the U.S. Armed Forces in WWII. On the base itself are the names of those who died in the Revolutionary War, War of 1812, Civil War, and WWI.