100 Cities - 100 Memorials

Granite memorial on the grounds of the Pike County Courthouse. Nine names from WW1 are listed on this monument.

Inscription: Dedicated to the everlasting memory of those from Pike County who gave their lives in the service of their country in World Wars I and II Korea and Vietnam. Erected by American Legion Post no. 197.

ocated on the campus of the Pike County Courthouse in Pikeville, KY, this Viquesney statue is in excellent condition and has the original barbed wire still in place. It features plaques on all four sides honoring those who gave their all in their country's service during WWI, WWII, Korea, and Vietnam.

Attempts to learn the initial dedication date of this Doughboy haven’t been successful. The Smithsonian record states an installation year of 1920, but that's not possible, since the first Viquesney Doughboy wasn't completed and manufactured until 1921. Also, the copyright mark bears the name Spencer, Indiana rather than Americus, Georgia. Copyrights listing Spencer didn't appear until 1926 or 1927, after Viquesney reacquired the rights to his Doughboy company from his former business partner in Americus, Walter Rylander.

A search of files of old newspapers through 1929 by Pikeville Librarian, Christy Fleming, didn’t find an article that mentioned its dedication so its likely it was originally dedicated in the range of 1930-1933. The plaza where it is located did not exist then, at least in its current form, so it has been relocated at some date, even though it was probably always somewhere in Courthouse Square.

The Pike County Veterans Memorial is located on the front lawn of the Pike County courthouse.

The memorial honors and lists the names of the Pike County fallen from World War I through the current War on Terror.

The inscription at the base of the memorial reads: 
"Lest we forget those who died in the service of the Great Nation."

Dedicated: November 11, 1991

The taller center marble wall features an inset bronze sculpture of five U.S. servicemen representing,
WW1, WW2, Korea, Vietnam and Desert Storm/War On Terror. It also has the formal dedication text
and dedication date. Two marble walls on the far left side, list the names of those who served and Made
The Supreme Sacrifice in Korea and World War II an additional wall left of the center column continues
the list of WW2 service members. The wall to the immediate right is for World War I. The two on the far
right carry the names of those who served and Made The Supreme Sacrifice in Vietnam, Persian Gulf
and the War On Terror. Each resident from Pike County who served, is listed here. If the name has a
cross in front of it, that soldier, sailor, airman or marine was KIA (Killed In Action). An asterisk indicates
they are MIA (Missing In Action). A hashtag stands for POW (Prisoner Of War). An asterisk indicates they
were WIA (Wounded In Action). A check mark refers to the difference between Vietnam Veterans who
served “In Country” and those who were Vietnam “Era” Veterans.

This World War I Monument was placed by the Oliver Wiley Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution to honor the men from Pike County who served in the World War.

The memorial is located in the Pitcairn Park, next to the memorials of World War II, Korea, and Vietnam. The inscription on the memorial reads: “Erected by the citizens of Pitcairn in honor of the men and women of this community who answered the call of their country in the World War.” Under the list of names is a quote by President Woodrow Wilson: “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.”

University of Pittsburgh, University Club Honor Roll, World War 1917-1918, is located outside of the Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Hall & Museum on Bigelow Blvd, on the campus of the University of Pittsburgh. The museum is located at 4141 Fifth Ave, Pittsburgh, PA 15213.

This monument is a 13.5' high by 10.5' wide bronze sculpture containing five figures stands in front of a granite wall and on an inscribed granite base. The uniformed figures represent members of the United States Marines and Army (front row), and Air Corps and Navy (back row). Rising above them in the center is the Goddess of War, wearing a helmet and breast plate. She is holding a laurel branch, symbolizing victory, in her raised right hand and holds up a spear and shield in her left hand. The sculpture was created bu Augustus Lukeman in 1925 and cast at the Roman Bronze Works, N.Y.

The base of the monument contains two reliefs of wreaths and is inscribed:

1917-1918
A TRIBUTE TO THE LOYALTY
AND SACRIFICE OF HER SONS
AND DAUGHTERS WHO GLORIOUSLY
DEFENDED THE LIBERTIES WON
BY THEIR FATHERS
ERECTED BY THE CITY OF PITTSFIELD
1926

In front of the monument is a stone urn which is inscribed on the top rim : FIDELIS AD MORTEM SUPRA. The bronze plaque on top of the urn is inscribed:

PITTSFIELD VETERANS MEMORIAL

FIDELIS AD MORTEM SUPRA

“FAITHFUL UNTO DEATH AND BEYOND”

THE SCULPTOR

HENRY AUGUSTUS LUKEMAN (1871-1935) WAS AN AMERICAN SCULPTOR,
SPECIALIZING IN HISTORICAL MONUMENTS. HE WAS BORN IN RICHMOND, VA,
AND STUDIED UNDER DANIEL CHESTER FRENCH IN NEW YORK, AND AT THE
BEAUX-ARTS IN PARIS. HIS WORKS INCLUDE STONE MOUNTAIN IN GEORGIA,
AND LOCALLY, THE MCKINLEY STATUE IN ADAMS, MA

THE PARK AND MONUMENT

IN 1923, THE CITY OF PITTSFIELD ESTABLISHED THIS SITE AS
MEMORIAL PARK AND COMMISSIONED THE CONSTRUCTION OF A
WAR MEMORIAL. ON JULY 8, 1926 THIS SOLDIERS’ ANS SAILORS’
MEMORIAL WAS DEDICATED AS THE PEACE MEMORIAL IN TRIBUTE
TO PITTSFIELD’S SONS AND DAUGHTERS WHO SERVED IN
WORLD WAR I. ON MAY 31, 2010 THIS MEMORIAL WAS
REDEDICATED FOLLOWING EXTENSIVE RESTORATION.
IT CONTINUES TO STAND AS A SYMBOLIC SHRINE FOR
ALL VETERANS WHO HAVE SERVED SO GALLANTLY
DEFENDING THEIR COUNTRY IN THE
PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE.

INFORMATION

This Honor Roll is in front of the Philip Read Memorial Library in Plainfield, New Hampshire.

This Honor Roll is a two- sided roll of servicemen from Plainfield. The only one to die in the war is Harry D. Thrasher, whose name is in gold.

Originally there were two Honor Rolls in Plainfield, one in front of the town offices, and one on Daniels Road. (Only one has survived and it was moved to the library across the street, where it resides today.)

This sculpture, placed in Lincoln Park in downtown Newark, was designed by Charles Henry Niehaus, described as one of the foremost monumental sculptors of his generation. 

In 1920, Niehaus received  the commission for this Newark monument. At the base of a tall slender column is a bronze sculpture depicting four soldiers planting a flag. One figure holds the flag about to be unfurled, two figures hold the flagpole in place, and the fourth figure secures the pole at its base. The column is topped by an American eagle. The sculptures rest atop an octagonal base adorned with four reliefs representing Patriotism, Sacrifice, Law and Order, and Fraternity. The base of the sculpture is surrounded by a metal fence.

Niehaus also completed two statues in memory of assassinated President James Garfield.  His first nationally known commission was his 1900 sculpture of Dr. Samuel Hahneman, erected in Scott Circle in Washington, DC. 

Narrative adapted from Smithsonian Institution Research Information System (SIRIS) inventory #76001630, and Los Angeles County Museum of Art, "Charles Henry Niehaus." 

Photos courtesy of:  Smithsonian Institution Research Information System (SIRIS)

The inscription on this memorial tablet, located on right side of the Plaquemine City Hall building main entrance, reads:

Memorial Tablet
Dedicated by Plaquemine Tribe

To her hero members
who took part in the
World War of 1917-1918
Henry Dardenne Kill'd in France
Dr. H.F. Vulliamy • Dr. A.A.Landry,
M. Tullie • Joe Thibodeaux,
W. Richard • Elmer Schuler,
W.P. Obier • W.H. Hakenjos,
C.C. Nuebig, Jr • D. Calhoun

Stephen Stevens

Bronze plaque, front:
IN MEMORIAM / TO THE SOLDIERS AND SAILORS OF THE / FIFTH WARD WHO MADE THE / SUPREME SACRIFICE. / HEROIC DEAD: / GEORGE C. ANDROVETTE --- PHILIP P. GLISMANN / WALTON U. BEAUVAIS --- ALONZO HERBSTREET / MARTIN O. BROWN --- CLARENCE KLINGER / THOMAS CAVALLO --- PETER MASSEY / MARTIN L. DIETZ --- JOHN W. O'MEARA JR. / JOHN L. GARDNER --- ALMER G. RUSSELL / ELWOOD LAFORGE SMITH. / ERECTED BY THE CITIZENS OF THE FIFTH WARD / IN HONOR OF THE SOLDIERS AND SAILORS / WHO SERVED THEIR COUNTRY IN THE / WORLD WAR OF 1914-1918. /

Bronze plaques on three sides:
[Listing the 480 names of soldiers and sailors from the Fifth Ward who served in World War I and survived]

Integral plinth, rear left: 
MODERN ART FOUNDRY 1996 / MA CAST 96

Integral plinth, proper right: 
DIANE AND GLENN HINES, SC 1996 AFTER ORIGINAL BY GEORGE THOMAS BREWSTER, 1923 /

This Honor Roll lists the residents from Pleasant Ridge who served during the First World War.  The inscription reads:

LEST WE FORGET

Let Us Hold in Honored Memory Those Who Served Their Country in the Great War * 1917 - 1918 *

The names on this Memorial are listed in no particular order, but PVT. Thorvald Brendan, U.S. Army
is confirmed to have served in WW1 and was a casualty of that war. We have included all current
names on the memorial to be sure other WW! service members are also listed here. Also included
is a picture of the 1st Infantry Division WW1 Memorial Monument on the Meuse-Argonne Battlefield
in France. His name is among the 1,137 Division members listed on the monument who were lost
in “The World War”.