100 Cities - 100 Memorials

The decision to build a memorial hall in Noonan (pop. 423) rather than the county seat of Crosby (pop. 1271) ended up being contested in ND Supreme Court Case Gehrke et al v Board of Commissioners of Divide County. The building was built with a full basement and main floor that included an auditorium with a balcony on the main floor. The lower level included a kitchen and lounge. The building is currently vacant.

Granite monument listing war dead from Eastman County for the major conflicts.  Inscription:  “Dedicated to All Those Who Served and In Memory of Those Who Paid the Supreme Sacrifice So We Might Live Free of Oppression and Tyranny.” 

Thirty-nine names are listed for WW1. 

“Dedicated Oct. 14, 1984, as a joint project of the Eastman Kiwanis Club and the American Legion Post #126.”

Located at the front entrance of the Dooly County Courthouse, this Granite memorial contains four bronze plaques, one each for WWI, WWII, Korea, and Vietnam. Inscription: “Dedicated to the Honor and Sacrifice of our Men and Women who Served our Country in War and Peace.”

Granite monument dedicated to recipients of the Distinguished Service Cross and memorial fountain, located in Long Wharf Park

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Pershing Square. Mill. 5th and 6th Sts. and Grand Ave., Ios An­geles- CA; Ciiy of los Angeles, Cultural Affairs Depanmeni. Public Art Division. 433 S. Spring St.. 10th Floor. l.os Angeles. CA 90013: Outdoors. Free.

On top a 12 foot tall granite pedestal stands a bronze WWI uniformed soldier holding a Hag. At the top of the pedestal are two bands of stars, a dozen on each side. At the bottom is a bronze eagle. On the back of the pedestal is a bronze medal, and on the front is a olive branch and helmet. It was sculpted by lluoiliciio J. Pc-dictti and dedicated on July 4.1924. to all WWI veterans. The olive branch and helmet were added in 1927 by French veterans.

THE SPIRIST OF THE AMERICAN DOUGHBOY, WHO IN PEACE REPRESENTED THE IDEALS OF A NATION OF FREEMEN, AND IN THE WORLD WAR FEARLESSLY FACED DEATH IN DEFENSE OF HUMAN RIGHTS AND LIBERTY. CHERISHING THE MEMORISES OF THOSE WHO FELL, AND WITH GRATITUDE TO THE SURVIVORS OF THE THE NATION'S CONFLICTS, THIS STATUE WAS ERECTED BY THE VETERANS AND PATRIOTIC ORGANIZATION OF ABERDEEN WASHINGTON. JULY 4, 1926

This monument commemorates the soldiers from Cliffside Park, NJ who served in World War I.  It was dedicated on Decoration Day 1929. 

The bronze sculpture depicts a WWI soldier leaning on his left foot. He is wearing his uniform, ragged on both arms, a helmet and carrying a rifle on his left shoulder. His left hand is holding the rife strap, his right hand is hooked to the ammunition belt hanging around his hips. He is wearing a gas mask on his chest & a canteen on his right hip. 

On February 12, 1950, the monument was rededicated and a new plaque was added to include the names of the soldiers who gave their lives in WWII. The new plaque, made of polished labradorite, covers the original inscription on the stone base. 

Narrative adapted from Smithsonian Institution Research Information System (SIRIS) inventory #NJ000379.

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

This World War I monument consists of an approx. 5' tall sculpture placed upon a square base about 5' high.  A plaque with raised lettering on the front of the base indicates this was erected to honor the men of Eatontown who served in the war. 

The sculpture itself depicts a WWI doughboy at parade rest with his left foot forward.  The soldier clasps the barrel of a rifle with both hands. The butt of the rifle rests on the ground near his right foot.  He wears a wide-brimmed hat, a belted jacket and his pants are tucked into wrappings that cover both calves. There is a tree trunk behind his left leg.

The monument was purchased from LL Manning & Son, a Plainfield, NJ monument company. 

Narrative adapted from Smithsonian Institution Research Information System (SIRIS) inventory #NJ000434. 

Photos courtesy of:  NJ State Historic Preservation Office

This doughboy statue is located on the George C. Marshall Memorial Plaza in downtown Uniontown, PA.  The inscription reads:

ERECTED IN THE YEAR 1936 BY UNIONTOWN POST NO. 47 VETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS OF THE UNTIED STATES.  IN MEMORY OF THOSE WHO HAVE SERVED OUR COUNTRY IN ALL WARS AND WHO HAVE GIVEN THEIR LIVES THAT WE MAY LIVE AND PROSPER IN PEACE.

The Haddon Township Doughboy is one of the iconic figures not designed by Visquesney. It was, instead, designed by sculptor Richard Walter Bock who had been born in Germany in 1865. In 1870, his family emigrated to Chicago where his father opened a cabinet making business. Bock began his art education in the United States but returned to his native country and France to complete his training.

Bock opened a sculpture studio in Chicago, designed sculptures for the World’s Fair Columbian Exposition, and gained notice by his interior bas-reliefs for the city’s Schiller Theatre designed by famed Chicago architect, Louis Sullivan. While working with Sullivan, Bock became acquainted with the architect’s draftsman, Frank Lloyd Wright. Bock became a friend of Wright’s and designed numerous sculptures for Wright buildings.

In 1928, Bock was selected as head of the Sculpture Department at the University of Oregon. He retired from the University in 1932, and died in 1949. In his memoirs, Bock described the Haddon Township commission:

Following the War, I had  a number of commissions commemorating that unhappy event. One was a very conventional statue made as a civic monument for Jersey City, New Jersey. It was a realistic charging soldier with a fixed bayonet, titled “Over the Top.”…In a small size, about four feet tall, it was widely copied for schools all over the county.”

One cast of his Jersey City sculpture is located in Haddon Township, Camden County. It includes a pedestal on which the 81 Township residents who served in the war are commemorated, The monument originally stood in front of Westmont School #1, located at the intersection of Haddon and Reeve Avenues. In 1961, the sculpture was moved to its present location, in front of the Westmont Firehouse on Haddon Avenue. The monument was dedicated in 1920.

Narrative adapted from Sandra White-Grear, “The Haddon Township Doughboy,” edited and added to by William Brahms, Haddon Township Historical Society, 2010.

Photos courtesy of:  Haddon Township Historical Society

This stone sculpture honoring Hampshire County, WV veterans who gave there lives in World War I is officially name Doughboy - World War I.

The text of the monument reads:

IN HONOR OF/HAMPSHIRE'S SONS WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES/AND THEIR SERVICE IN THE WORLD WAR/"WE ARE THE DEAD/SHORT DAYS AGO WE LIVED/FELT DAWN, SAW SUNSET GLOW/LOVED AND WERE LOVED"/(list of twenty seven county dead)/ERECTED BY THE HAMPSHIRE REVIEW/1928

This monument depicts a World War I soldier in uniform standing at parade rest. Both hands grasp the barrel of his rifle, the butt of which rests on the ground.

The monument was sponsored by Amos Wheatley and dedicated to veterans of The Great War. It was purchased from LL Manning & Son, a Plainfield, NJ monument company. 

It was rededicated in 1989 as part of a refurbishing project at Veterans' Memorial Park. The figure was knocked slightly off its original position by a collision with a tractor trailer truck.

Narrative adapted from Smithsonian Institution Research Information System (SIRIS) inventory NJ000048.

Photos courtesy of: Sheena Chi

This World War I monument consists of a life-size statue of a doughboy standing at attention in full uniform with the barrel of a rifle in his right hand and the butt of the rifle on the ground.  The figure is set upon a granite plinth, square in cross-section, with an angled top, resting on a rusticated granite slab. 

A bronze plaque mounted on the front of the plinth contains the names of local soldiers from Belford, Port Monmouth & New Monmouth, NJ who served in the war.  The monument sits on a low mound to heighten its prominence.  It was purchased from LL Manning & Son, a Plainfield, NJ monument company. 

Photo courtesy of:  NJ State Historic Preservation Office 

This monument consists of a bronze WWI soldier in uniform holding a rifle in his left hand & a grenade in his right hand.  He wears a helmet, shirt, belt with packs, pants & boots.

It appears this statue was recently moved from its original granite base to the current polished black stone, 3-tiered base. 

The original bronze honor roll plaque has been restored and mounted on a separate, nearby stone pillar. 

Photos courtesy of:  NJ State Historic Preservation Office

Doughboy statue - with Honor Roll

9 June 2018, broken bayonet and the stolen plaque have been replaced by Kreilick Conservation, LLC.

The names of the 400 soldiers from the missing bronze plaque were provided by Charles and Mildred Vessey.  Mildred’s father, Charles Burg, was a WWI Vet and had attended the original ceremony.  He told them to keep the program because “some day someone will want those names”

The Doughboy statue is located at Second and Spring Garden streets and honors soldiers  from the River Wards who served in the First World War. The statue is a bronze figure of a WWI Doughboy in uniform with field pack, carrying a rifle with bayonet in his left hand. A plaque plaque on the front of the granite pedestal reads: “IN MEMORY OF OUR BOYS OF THE SIXTH, ELEVENTH, AND TWELFTH WARDS WHO SERVED IN THE GREAT WAR OF THE NATIONS, 1914 – 1918.”

Title(s) - Philadelphia Northern Liberties Doughboy Memorial

Location
-- 2nd St & Spring Garden St, Philadelphia, PA 19123
-- in Madison Memorial park
-- GPS coordinates 39.960815, -75.141258

Inscriptions (all text on a memorial, including names)
-- Flour City Orn. Iron Co., Mpls., Minn

Physical properties
-- bronze figure of a WWI Doughboy in uniform with field pack, ammunition belt, canteen, gas mask bag, carrying a rifle with bayonet

History
--dedicated: 30 May 1920
--Sculptor: John Paulding
--the name of the statue is "Over the Top"
--honors soldiers from the Northern Liberties section of Philadelphia who served during the First World War, a star marks those who died
--Original Location: park on 5th St between streets that pre-date current street layout
- Moved the statue to 17th and Spring Garden in 1975 due to construction
- Moved to present location 1981

Condition 2017
-- fair
-- one plaque missing showing last name beginning with A-I
-- broken bayonet

Conservation treatment completed December, 2017, re-dedicated 9 June 2018

Condition 2018
-- Good
-- Replaced missing plaque on eastern side
-- Replaced missing section of bronze bayonet
-- entire sculpture leaned and re-waxed

 --conservation issues - city of Phila. planted a tree only four feet from the memorial

This World War I doughboy statue is fabricated from concrete - one of four in the state of NJ using that material.  The 7' figure stands atop a 10' tall, square pedestal inscribed with the names of 15 men from Washington Township, NJ who served in The Great War. 

The land for the memorial was donated by resident & Civil War veteran, John Yard in 1919.  The monument was purchased from LL Manning & Son, a Plainfield, NJ monument company.  It was unveiled on October 16, 1920 with more than 1,000 people in attendance. 

Narrative adapted from Cathy Zahn, "Nearly a Century Old, but Doughboy's Message of Patriotism is Timeless," Robbinsville Sun website.

Photo Credit:  Sheena Chi

This version of a doughboy was sculpted by Italian-American sculptor Gaetano Federici who emigrated to the United States and settled in Paterson.

The memorial consists of a statue of a World War I soldier mounted on a rectangular base. The base is flanked by four steles commemorating other wars. The soldier is painted bronze and stands with a rifle, butt end down in his left hand. At his side, he holds a grenade in his clenched right fist. The sculpture is mounted on a square base with a commemorative plaque on the front. It was originally dedicated on Memorial Day 1926 on the grounds of the community house in Midvale.

Narrative adapted from Smithsonian Institution Research Information System (SIRIS) inventory #NJ000307.

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

This memorial plaque and statue are dedicated to those from Lonaconing who died in service during World War 1.

This Doughboy was originally dedicated to the Yamhill County soldiers of the World War in 1923, but its base now also contains plaques memorializing servicemembers in later wars. It is located in a small park adjacent to the Yamhill County Courthouse.

Unknown Battles around base: :Chateau Thierry, Belleau Wood Cantigay, Meuse Argonne, Soissons St. Mihiel. On wreath: Loyalty, Courage, Sacrifice, Victory Located at 38deg, 59', 31N", 74deg, 48"52"W