Elsie War Memorial

Erected in honor of the men and women of Elsie and vicinity who served in WWI and II 

This bronze sculpture depicts two soldiers apparently being welcomed home in triumph. A young girl on the left embraces the first soldier. The second soldier holds his hat in the air with his left hand while a dog sits at his side.

The only inscription is a quote from General Pershing:

"TO PERPETUATE THE GLORIOUS
MEMORY OF OUR CITIZEN SOLDIERY
WHO WILLINGLY SACRIFICED THEIR LIVES
THAT CIVILIZATION MIGHT NOT PERISH
WE PLEDGE OUR UNFALTERING PURPOSE
TO UPHOLD FOREVER THE PRINCIPLES
FOR WHICH THEY FOUGHT AND DIED"

The work stands on an approximately 3 foot high white granite plinth, with two sidepieces intended to resemble a ship.
Approximately 90 names of the fallen appear on a bronze plaque at the base of the plinth.

The work is listed on the Smithsonian Inventory and informs us that the 1922 piece is also named "Embarkation and Debarkation" is by Charles Henry Niehaus.

Dimensions are listed as "Sculpture: approx. 8 ft. x 4 ft. 1/2 in. x 4 ft. 1/2 in.; Base: approx. 7 x 12 x 8 ft."

The Inventory's description:
"A bronze sculpture depicting a World War I Doughboy and a Marine walking side by side with a young girl and a small bulldog beside them. The young girl holding a doll and a noise maker reaches up to touch the Marine who places his proper right hand on her shoulders. He holds a bouquet of flowers in his proper left hand. The Doughboy waves his hat in his raised proper right hand and carries his overcoat over his proper left arm. A bulldog is seated by his proper left foot. On the ground behind the two soldiers is a cluster of oak leaves and a helmet. The sculpture rests atop a rectangular base adorned with winged female figures on either side."

“Sons of American Legion Swainsboro Squadron #103”

“This Wall is Dedicated in Memory of those who Paid the Ultimate Sacrifice for our Freedom”  Dedicated Nov. 11, 2013.

Emile Ladnier WWI Memorial

100 Cities / 100 Memorials Awardee

The important thing to remember about Pershing Square is you don’t have to be a Congressional Medal of Honor recipient, Silver Star, Purple Heart, Bronze Star Medal, French Legion of Honor recipient, a survivor of the Bataan death march in WW II or to have served overseas or be from Ocean Springs although all of these Honored Veterans are represented in PERSHING SQUARE.

Scores of the bricks honor Ocean Springs residents and family members who served including the fifteen original charter members of World War I Emile Ladnier American Legion Post 42 dated December 19, 1919 to include : H. Powell, Joseph C. Chaillot, R. Englaith, Oscar T. Davis, William L, Chaillot, Deo F. Bertuccini, Thomas Murphy , Van Cleave Reid, S. Chester Davis, Floyd Howell , James T. Ryan , Louis S. Tardy, L. Westbrook, Narcisse Dick and W.M. Abraham.

Among the last bricks to be placed in Pershing Square were in memory of USMC MSGT John E. Hayes killed in action 8 July 2009 and GYSGT Jon W. Gifford killed in action 29 July 2012 both in Afghanistan.

Spirit of the American Doughboy statue, located in small park on the lawn of the Emmit House

 

Photos in picture gallery courtesy of Julia Suchanek

The Emmons County Courthouse was designed by J. Howard Hess of the architecture firm Bugenhagen, Hess, and Deeter and built by Olson and Orheim in 1934. It was the first project in North Dakota to be funded by the Public Works Administration and demonstrated how communities could benefit from the federal aid. There is a bronze plaque inside the lobby declaring it the "Emmons Memorial County Courthouse."

The older portion of the Dobbs University Center, formerly called the Alumni Memorial University Center, contains a plaque listing the names of Emory alumni who were killed in both World Wars and Korea.

This bronze WWI infantryman is fully uniformed, and holds a drawn rifle with bayonet in both hands. He stands on a granite base with a plaque dedicated to all men of Garfield County who fought in WWI. It was erected on July 4, 1924.

Enosburg Falls fulfilled its ambition to erect a World War I memorial on November 11, 1930, when it unveiled and dedicated a Viquesney Doughboy in Lincoln Park in the center of the Village. The Enosburg Falls American Legion Post No. 42 was in charge of the dedication which was attended by several thousand people. The monument is dedicated to the eighty-one men of the Village who answered the call to colors in 1917 - 1918.

The ceremony began at 2:00 p.m. with the Enosburg Falls Band leading the gathering in singing "The Star Spangled Banner". A prayer was offered by Dr. A. R. Bill, Chaplain of the Grand Army of the Republic, Enosburg Post, and one of the community's two surviving Civil War veterans. Commander John B. Wood of the St. Albans Legion spoke earnestly about what the American Legion meant to the Nation. He was followed by Norwich University President Charles A. Plumley, who delivered a patriotic address which was described by a number of those present as "the most eloquent address ever heard in this town". It was met with great applause. Following Mr. Plumley, a number of vocalists sang songs appropriate to the occasion. They were: Miss Benoit, the Messrs Mason and Ostrosky, Jason Wallace, Miss Ruth Soule, Miss Ruby Kendall, and the Missisquoi Male Quartet of Swanton. At the close of the event, the Enosburg Band led a chorus in singing "My Country 'Tis of Thee". The local American Legion Post brought the day's activity to an end with a fair and a dance.

Photos courtesy of Some Gave All War Memorials Blog.

This memorial, located outside the Episcopal Cathedral, is dedicated to fallen WW1 servicemembers.

This cast aluminum memorial, dedicated in May 2019, honors the 190 men from Erie County, Pennsylvania, who made the ultimate sacrifice in World War I. Since installation, eleven additional men have been identified and their names will be placed on the plaque. Funds were raised by the Erie County World War One Centennial Committee and the Presque Isle Chapter, DAR.

The inscription reads: 

Front:

ON THIS CENTENNIAL OF THE END OF WORLD WAR ONE AND THE ARMISTICE

WE HONOR THOSE WHO SERVED AND THOSE

WHO MADE THE ULTIMATE SACRIFICE FOR THEIR COUNTRY

ALL GAVE SOME, THE FOLLOWING GAVE ALL

Back:

LEST WE FORGET

This memorial contains three granite memorial walls to honor those who served from the Civil War to the present day, with plans to eventually include those who served in earlier wars. A section on one of the walls is dedicated to those who have died in service as well as three prisoners of war from World War II. The monument area also features a bronze statue of two soldiers and bricks inscribed with the names of veterans now living in Escalante and Boulder.

East face: 
TO OUR HEROES / 'TIS THE / STAR SPANGLED BANNER / OH LONG MAY IT WAVE/ O'ER THE LAND / OF THE FREE / AND THE HOME OF / THE BRAVE / YPRES-LYS / AISNE LYS / SOMME DEFENSIVE / SOMME OFFENSIVE /

West face:
OISE-AISNE / ST. MIHIEL / CAMBRAI / AISNE-MARNE/ VITTORIO-VENETO/
MEUSE-ARGONNE / SOMME OFFENSIVE / CHAMPAGNE-MARNE / MONTDIDIER-NOYON/ THIS STAR WAS LIGHTED / NOVEMBER XI MCMXXIII/

North face: 
IN MEMORY OF THOSE / WHO HAVE MADE / THE SUPREME
SACRIFICE / FOR THE TRIUMPH OF / THE FREE PEOPLES / OF THE WORLD/

South face:
ERECTED / TO COMMEMORATE / THE FIRST HOMECOMING / OF THE
VICTORIOUS / ARMY AND NAVY / OF THESE UNITED STATES / OFFICIALLY
RECEIVED BY / THE CITY OF NEW YORK / ON THIS SITE / ANNO DOMINI
MCMXVIII /

Architect: Thomas Hastings

 

EUGENE J. BULLARD, 1896-1961

Bullard grew up in a small shotgun style house near this site. His father, William, was a laborer for the W. C. Bradley Company. Eugene completed the fifth grade at the 28th Street School. Shaken by the death of his mother, Josephine, and the near lynching of his father, Bullard left Columbus as a young teenager. In 1912, he stowed-away on a merchant ship out of Norfolk, Virginia. He spent the next 28 years of his life in Europe.

Erected by the Historic Columbus Foundation and Historic Chattahoochee Commission 2007

(This is one side of a two-sided marker)

Eugene Bullard's story is so incredible that it reads like fiction. The son of a former slave, he ran away from his Columbus home as a child, fleeing the Jim Crow South in the early 20th century after his beloved father was nearly lynched. He stowed away on a boat for Europe, boxed professionally, drummed in a jazz band in Paris, rubbed elbows with Louis Armstrong and fought for the French Foreign Legion in World War I.

Awarded France's Croix de Guerre for his heroism at the Battle of Verdun, Bullard next joined France's air service, becoming the world's first African American fighter pilot and earning the nickname "The Black Swallow of Death." The segregated U.S. military wouldn't accept him as a pilot because of his race during WWI. He spied for the French Resistance and narrowly escaped the Nazi invasion of Paris, eventually returning to the U.S., settling in New York and living his remaining years largely in obscurity.

Georgia’s WWI Centennial Commission raised private donations for the monument, placing it just outside the Museum of Aviation, where Bullard is honored in the Aviation Hall of Fame. The statue depicts Bullard in his military uniform. His arms are crossed. And he is looking skyward.

In the early 1920s, this stone sculpture was erected as part of a fieldstone drinking fountain.  It depicts a WWI soldier standing at parade rest, with both hands on the barrel of his rifle.

The inscription on this memorial reads:

EVANSTON

DUTY AND PATRIOTISM

1917 - World War Honor Roll - 1918

And when the storm of war was gone, enjoyed the peace your valor won.

[followed by a listing of names]