The monument was placed by the Durham County chapter of the fraternal organization, The Junior Order of United American Mechanics.
The monument reads "Dedicated To Those Who Served in the World War - 1917-1919". Below is the "Roll of the Honored Dead" listing all the Durham County Residents who died in the war.
100 Cities - 100 Memorials
Memorial Inventory Project: There is one other existing partial database to consult - The WWI Memorial Inventory Project [CLICK HERE]. It contains some memorials our map doesn't. The listings on this database are fair game for the Memorial Hunters Club. So if you want to search for treasure from your desk - find missing listings here and submit them. Remember though, you will need to come up with pictures and the history of the memorial. You might be able to hunt that down through www.Proquest.com and Google.
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- Memorial Hunters Club Submission: thewanderer
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- Memorial Hunters Club Submission: Memorial Hunter: Frank Tripi
This stone memorial, located in the Duxbury Mayflower Cemetery, is decorated with an engraving of a bald eagle. It reads:
Dedicated In Memory Of The Men And Women Of Duxbury Who Served In Defense Of Our Country
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- Memorial Hunters Club Submission: Robert Shay, PH3, USNR-R, 1964-70
Copyright version 1920, pressed copper
Smithsonian Art Inventory Control Number: \47260121
The engraving on the marble base reads:
THE SPIRIT 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 MEMORIES OF
THOSE WHO FELL, AND WITH GRATITUDE TO THE
SURVIVORS OF THE NATION’S CONFLICTS, THIS STATUE
WAS ERECTED BY THE VETERANS AND PATRIOTIC
ORGANIZATIONS OF ABERDEEN WASHINGTON.
JULY 4, 1926
A 1989 Dick Creevan painting portrays the Doughboy's original location circa 1928 in a small triangular plot at Simpson and North Park Street, across from the old Ice Palace. The statue was moved and rededicated at its current location in Zelasko Park March 4, 1961. The original engraving was re-engraved on the new base. The VFW and Auxiliary, American Legion and Auxiliary, Military Order of the Purple Heart, Gold Star Mothers, and other patriotic organizations participated in the rededication. Many had also been involved in the original dedication. The Doughboy was cleaned and restored, and the bayonet was replaced, while the new site and base were being prepared.
The landscaped park contains rest benches, a World War II pack howitzer with a plaque, a flag pole, and large woodcarvings of a logger and a bobcat. It is the focal point of Aberdeen’s winter holiday lighting.
The monument was hit by an auto in 2000 and the impact broke the base. The Doughboy wasn’t damaged, but was temporarily removed until the base was repaired. It appears the rifle sling was gone at the time of restoration and not replaced. More damage has been caused to this Memorial Monument prior to 2015. The rifle has been severely bent and the bayonet broken off. The Park Department Director has been notified and is working to get the statue repaired again. The Flag Pole has it’s own dedication plaque, pictured in the gallery.
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Larry Jensen used a chain saw to carve this wooden eagle from a white pine stump. It raises its right wing to represent soldiers who returned from service, and holds its left wing to its side to represent those who did not return. It was dedicated on October 13, 1991. as a tribute to the veterans of wars from WWI through the Persian Gulf War.
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This is a sandstone sculpture of an eagle with open wings, seated on a rock. Beneath is a rough-hewn granite boulder sitting on a smooth hexagonal base, and all sits within a raised circular wall. It was dedicated in June of 1924 to honor 16 local citizens who died in service during WWI. On a plaque added later are the names and dates of wars from WWII through the Persian Gulf War.
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- Memorial Hunters Club Submission: Robert Shay, PH3, USNR-R, 1964-70
http://greyduckgarlic.com/Moscow_War_World_I_and_II_Memorial.html
This Park contains two World War 1 Memorials. This one is a brick and mortar arch dedicated in 1923
and was restored in 1995. It is located at the Southwest corner of the park and can be seen from the
Doughboy Statue. The Arch was originally topped with a white glass globe light. The year was added
during restoration in 1995
Inscription on the front, right side of the arch reads:
ERECTED IN HONOR OF THE LATAH COUNTY MEN WHO SERVED IN THJE WORLD WAR
Inscription on the front, left side of the arch reads:
CONSTRUCTED BY THE MOSCOW CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND DUDLEY LOOMIS
POST No. 6 AMERICAN LEGION
The Dudley Loomis American Legion Post No. 6 was chartered in 1920, just one year after the formation
of the American Legion national organization. The post is built of Idaho Logs as other Legion Posts on
this site, such as Filmore, UT and Potlatch, ID.
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- Memorial Hunters Club Submission: Robert Shay, PH3, USNR-R, 1964-70
http://greyduckgarlic.com/Moscow_War_World_I_and_II_Memorial.html
This Park contains two World War 1 Memorials this first one is toped with a Bronze Statue of a Doughboy. Each of three sides
contains the names of Latah County residents lost in World Wars 1 & 2.
The Doughboy statue that tops this Monument is very typical of World War 1 Memorial erected between 1919 and the 1930’s.
For this reason I would not be surprised if this base had not been redesigned and rededicated after World War 2.
The front side carries this inscription:
ERECTED IN MEMORY
OF THE
SOLDIERS AND SAILORS
FROM LATAH COUNTY IDAHO
WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE WORLD WARS
1914 - 1918
1938 - 1945
Pictured in the gallery are the two smaller Memorial Monuments dedicated to those Latah County lost in the Korean War and Vietnam War.
When standing in front of this Monument, look to your left at the low brick arch and wall, which is the other World War 1 Memorial
Monument in this park.
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- Other Measurements: Each pylon H:19'
- May 23, 1963
- Dedication Date: May 23, 1963
- Eagle on pedestal between two ranks of four inscribed pylons (eight pylons in all; axis aligned with Statue of Liberty)
- Bedi-Rassy Art Foundry, NY
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1) pedestal of eagle, front: 1941 **** 1945 / ERECTED BY THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA / IN PROUD AND GRATEFUL REMEMBRANCE / OF HER SONS / WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN HER SERVICE/ AND WHO SLEEP IN THE AMERICAN COASTAL WATER / OF THE ATLANTIC OCEAN / INTO THY HANDS, OH LORD
2) pedestal of eagle, back: 1941 *** 1945 / IN ADDITION TO THE 4,597 AMERICAN SERVICEMENT HONORED HERE / WHO LOST THEIR LIVES IN HER SERVICE AND / WHO SLEEP IN THE AMERICAN COASTAL WATERS OF THE ATLANTIC OCEAN / THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA / HONORS THE 6,185 SEAMEN OF THE UNITED STATES MERCHANT MARINE / AND THE 529 SEAMEN OF THE UNITED STATES ARMY TRANSPORT SERVICE / WHO LOST THEIR LIVES DURING WORLD WAR II
- Architect: Gehron and Seltzer; Paul Cret Harbeson, FAIA
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- Memorial Hunters Club Submission: TheWanderer63
In East Greenwich's downtown section is the East Greenwich Town Hall, with an ornate World War I Memorial on the front lawn. The monument is made of stone with bronze plaques on both sides. The text on the front surrounds a female figure standing with her arms outstretched in a robe. She is in full relief above the top part, and her feet protrude from the curtain of the robe. The plaque on the rear of the monument lists 139 names of East Greenwich citizens who served in the World War.
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- Memorial Hunters Club Submission: The Wanderer
East Hartford honors its World War I heroes with a 1929 statue called "Ready," or "Doughboy." The statue commemorates the eighteen East Hartford residents who lost their lives during the conflict. A dedication on the statue's west face reads: "In honor of the men and women of East Hartford who answered their country's call to service in the World War. To the dead a tribute, to the living a memory, to posterity a token of loyalty to the flag of their country." Approximately four million Americans served in the U.S. Armed Forces during World War I from April 6, 1917 – November 11, 1918. Connecticut supplied nearly 63,000 soldiers to the cause (roughly five percent of its total population), including many from East Hartford. The bronze statue honors the eighteen East Hartford residents who died during the war. However, it is important to note that not all the names on the statue served in the U.S. military. Several people, including in East Hartford, had ties to Canada, Britain, and other nations. Thus, before the U.S. broke its neutrality, some joined the war effort by enlisting with other nations already engaged in the war. The figure stands 7 feet, 4 inches x 4 feet x 4 feet, and rests on a sizable, multi-layered base. The "doughboy" term stems from the nickname given to U.S. World War I troops. Though few know precisely how the name arose, many believe it came from soldiers crossing the Mexican border in 1916 who received the doughboy nickname because they were covered in white dust. Regardless of its true origin, the doughboy reference attached to World War I troops during the conflict and throughout history. The formal dedication transpired on October 5, 1929, twenty-four days before the infamous stock market crash that ultimately marked the start of the Great Depression. Nearly ninety years later, in 2018 (the 100th Anniversary of the end of World War I), the statue benefited from a small restoration project to maintain its well-being. All told, the statue directly honors those East Hartford residents who died fighting in World War I. Indirectly, the statue serves as a reminder of a profound change for Americans, who sent troops overseas to fight in a war for the first time. Meanwhile, the world effectively transitioned from the "long nineteenth century" to a much different twentieth century. Still, millions died in the process during "the war to end all wars," or so it was believed in 1918. The eighteen people of East Hartford were part of that profound change.
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- Memorial Hunters Club Submission: Edward Walz
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- Memorial Hunters Club Submission: TheWanderer63
The World War I Memorial was designed by Pietro Montana, an Italian-born painter and sculptor. The sculpture of a soldier stands 7.75 feet (2.36 m) tall, 2.583 feet (0.787 m) wide and 2.66 feet (0.81 m) deep.
For the design of the sculpture, Montana modeled Charles Atlas and "strove to communicate the U.S. doughboy's upstanding character and valor by way of a muscle-bound physique". In 1926, the East Providence Memorial Committee expressed concerns that Montana's design was "too brutal" and modified the original design provided by Montana. The statue was erected in 1927, and formally dedicated on July 30, 1927.
The sculpture rests atop a grey granite base that is 6.33 feet (1.93 m) tall, 3.166 feet (0.965 m) wide and 3.5 feet (1.1 m) deep. The corners of the base have small leaf designed and has 2 feet (0.61 m) by 2.66 feet (0.81 m) bronze reliefs with arched tops on each side. The front relief states that it was erected in the memory of the citizens of East Providence who served in World War I from 1917 to 1918, and lists the names of twenty three soldiers. The left relief depicts a marching infantry column of one man on horseback and four on foot, the right relief depicts four or five men loading a cannon and the rear relief depicts a nurse assisting two wounded soldiers.
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- Width: 3'2
- Depth: 3'2
- Other Measurements: Pole D:7
- 1942
- Dedication Date: 1942
- Ukrainian Production Unit
- Flagstaff and base
- Flagpole
IN MEMORY OF OUR / DEPARTED COMRADES / EAST SIDE POST - 868 - A - L / PRESENTED BY / THE UKRAINIAN / PRODUCTION UNIT / OF THE NEW YORK / CHAPTER / A.D. 1942 / AMERICAN RED CROSS /
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- Memorial Hunters Club Submission: The Wanderer
The inscription on this memorial reads:
I PREPARE FOR SERVICE
THESE HAVE NOBLY SERVED
In honor of
Alumni Students and Teachers
who served in the Great War
What more can a man offer than his life
Fred Armstrong, Navy - Died
Elmer Frederick, Sgt. Av. - Died
George N. Kemp, Capt. Inf. - Killed
Peter L. McGeady, C.W.S. - Died
Raymond H. Noble, Capt. Ord. - Died
L. Glenn Saunders, Sgt. Eng. - Killed
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[Honor Roll of Veterans]
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- Who is Memorialized?: Eastern High School students killed in the Spanish American War and World War One
- Memorial Inscription: In Memory of Eastern High School Alumni Who Died for Humanity
- Materials (select all that apply): Brick
- Width: 7 ft
- Depth: 7
- In original location
- Dedication Date: 1923
- Alumni of Eastern High School
- Alumni
- Thomas Henderson Farnsworth; James Franklin Hagan; Charles Edwin Chambers; Carl Augustus Bostron; Albert Zayne Pyles
- Kathryn Harris, designer
- Column or pillar
The Eastern High School Alumni flagstaff commemmorates seven former Eastern High students who were killed in the Spanish-American War and World War I. Paid for by alumni of the school, the flagstaff stands before the school's main entrance. It was in place when the school moved to this then-new building on March 1, 1923.
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- Memorial Hunters Club Submission: Brokk Tollefson
This memorial was originally dedicated in 1947, on the centennial of the City of Eastford, and was rededicated on November 11, 2013. Before the rededication, only the stone with the plaques was in the middle of a patch of green grass, bushes, and trees. One year before the rededication, construction was started to install the stone wall, path, pillars, and service branch plaques. The memorial lists the names of all veterans from Eastford since World War I. The installation and construction of the renovated monument cost over $26,000 and was completely paid for by Chris Bowen to honor his father who was a WWII veteran. The flag is flown 24/7 and is properly illuminated with lights at night.
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- Memorial Hunters Club Submission: The Wanderer
The inscription on this memorial fountain reads:
Erected by Civic League in memory of those from Eastland County who made supreme sacrifice in World War.
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- Dedication Date: 1955
- Single figure -- soldier
Eaton Rapids Community War Memorial
We dedicate this plaque
"To the ones who served"
in the
Spanish-American War
1898
World War I
1914-1918
World War II
1941-1945
The Korean Conflict
1950-1953
From Eaton Rapids and community
This plaque donated by the American Legion and V.F.W.
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- Dedication Date: November 11, 2012
- Photos courtesy of Brooklyn Reese
Description: Red brick wall with mounted military service and dedication plaques.
Inscription: “This veterans wall is dedicated to the men and to the women who honorably served to uphold the Constitution of the United States. Dedicated Veterans Day November 2012 by ECVG Lloyd Corbett, Chris McMasters, James Barrett, Sr.”
Brick pavers for veterans are placed at the wall.

































