The Henry County Veterans Memorial contains polished grey granite walls with the names of all from Henry County who served this country. “Those Who Perished” are noted with a star next to their name. WWI soldiers who made the supreme sacrifice are listed on the walls.

Henry Johnson was born in 1897 in Alexandria, Virginia. He later moved to Albany, New York in his early teenage years. While in Albany Johnson worked as a red cap porter at the Albany Union Station.

In June of 1917 Johnson enlisted in the United States Army, and was made part of the all black New York National guard 15th Regiment. This was later re-designated the 369th Infantry Regiment when called into federal service. During World War I Johnson's regiment was sent to France, however they were stuck doing laborious duties instead of combat training. General John J. Pershing eventually "loaned" the 369th infantry to the French Army, because white american soldiers claimed that they refused to fight beside African American soldiers even though they were all citizens of the United States.

In early 1918 the French sent the 369th infantry to the edge of the Argonne Forest in France. On the night of May 4, 1918, Johnson and private Needham Roberts were outfitted with French military garb and placed on sentry duty. While on sentry duty Johnson and Roberts came under sniper fire from a German raider party. After being hit by a German grenade, Roberts was only able to fight back by supplying Johnson with grenades that he was lobbing at the incoming German attackers. After running out of grenades Johnson began to fire with his rifle, but it wasn't long before it jammed and was rendered inoperable. By this point the Germans had surrounded Johnson and Roberts. Johnson then began to use the butt of his rifle as a club until it splintered. The Germans then began to attempt to take Private Roberts prisoner and Johnson charged at them with his only weapon left, which was his bolo knife. Johnson was able to fight off Roberts' captors and soon after, French and American reinforcements arrived driving off the rest of the attackers. In the hour that the battle lasted, Johnson received 21 wounds, and reportedly killed 4 hostile soldiers and wounded 10 to 20 more. Johnson and Roberts both received the French military award of the Croix de Guerre, however Johnson's included the Gold Palm for extraordinary valor.

Upon returning home Johnson returned to work as a railroad porter. Johnson's discharge papers did not mention his many wounds he received in combat. As a result he was not able to receive any disability pay, and his injuries made it difficult for him to work. Johnson quickly began to descend into alcoholism and poverty. Johnson's wife and his children left him and in 1929 Henry Johnson died at the age of 32.

However in 1990 the story of Henry Johnson began to resurface, and Albany erected the Henry Johnson memorial in Washington Park. In 1996, after long and hard fought battles by Johnson's son and New York politicians, President Bill Clinton awarded Johnson the Purple Heart. In 2002, Johnson was awarded the nation's second highest honor by the Army, the Distinguished Service Cross. Advocates for Johnson did not stop there however. They continued to fight for what they felt Johnson deserved, but was denied based on the color of his skin. There work payed off when on June 2, 2015 Johnson was awarded the Medal of Honor by President Barack Obama.

This is a bronze figure of a WWI infantryman advancing through stumps and barbed wire of No Man's Land, holding a grenade in his upraised right hand and his rifle in his left. It was sculpted by E.M. Viquesney and dedicated on July 4,1925, to honor the vet­erans of WWI. It was relocated in 1970 and a plaque was attached to its new brick base in 1991 to also pay tribute to the veterans of WWII and the Korean and Vietnam Wars.

This is a life size granite statue of Pvt. Herman Davis, a sharp-shooter and company runner during World War I.  He stands at attention in front of a tall shaft, wearing a uniform with soft hat, pocket jacket, pants and wrapped leggings.  Next to the shaft are the flags of the U.S. and Arkansas.  Davis was cited for bravery for extraordinary heroism in action, after he single-handedly attacked a machine gun nest and killed its four gunners.  He received the U.S. Distinguished Service Cross and the French Croix de Guerre with Palm and Gilt Star. 

This monument honors Private Herman Davis, who grew up hunting near Manila and became a U.S. Army scout and sharpshooter in World War I. He was on General John J. Pershing’s list of World War I’s 100 great heroric stories. Davis received the Distinguished Service Cross, Croix de Guere, and Medaille Militaire awards from the American and French governments.

THIS / HERO PARK / AND MEMORIAL / IS LOVINGLY DEDICATED / TO THE MEMORY / OF THE SPLENDID SONS / OF STATEN ISLAND / WHO SO NOBLY / GAVE THEIR LIVES / IN THE WORLD WAR / 1917 -- 1918

IN MEMORIAM /---/ [142 names]

Tranquil grove of coastal redwoods, surrounding a granite rock inscribed with the names of local casualties of World War I. Three-sided boulder known as the Gold Star Mothers Rock is inscribed with the names of 748 local men and 13 women who died in the war. Originally planned for a spot near the War Memorial Opera House, the stone was added to the grove in 1932. 

Also Includes a small meadow with the Doughboy memorial and flagpoles at its western edge. The date of its creation is unknown, but it is visible on the 1935 aerial photograph.

The bond to build the Hettinger County Courthouse narrowly passed in 1934 after failing in several previous elections over two years. Part of the vote, this time, included taking advantage of Public Works Administration funds. The federal funds allowed the Ritterbush Brothers' Art Deco design to be built by A.J. Weinberger by 1936. The bottom floor has a room that was fitted for and to be maintained by the American Legion and Auxiliary for their use.

Highbridge War Memorial Doughboy

100 Cities / 100 Memorials

The Highbridge Doughboy once stood at a small park triangle east of the Washington Bridge, in the University Heights or Highbridge section of the Bronx. It was erected to honor the 21 local servicemen who died while serving their country in World War I.  Following many years of damage and vandalism, and in commemoration of the World War I Centennial, the statue was extensively repaired, restored, and relocated to a highly visible site at Macomb’s Dam Park adjacent to Yankee Stadium at Jerome Avenue and 161st Street. 

• Architect: Max Hausle

• Description: Statue, pedestal with dedicatory plaque •

Materials: Bronze and Maine granite

• Dimensions: H: 15'9" W: 8'8" D: 8'8"

• Dedicated: 1923

• Foundry: J.W. Fiske Iron Works

• Donor: Highbridge Regular Democratic Club

• Inscription: FOR GOD AND COUNTRY / IN HONOR OF THE BOYS OF / HIGHBRIDGE / WHO SERVED THEIR COUNTRY / AND IN MEMORY OF THOSE WHO / MADE THE SUPREME SACRIFICE / IN THE WORLD WAR / 1917 1918 / KILLED IN ACTION / (LIST OF 21 NAMES) / ERECTED BY THE HIGHBRIDGE REGULAR / DEMOCRATIC CLUB / HON. WILLIAM J. FLYNN, CHAIRMAN / JOHN A. HARMS, SECRETARY / MAX HAUSLE, ARCHITECT

The Highland County Veterans Memorial was officially dedicated on 28 May 2012. This new-version of the memorial was established by relocating a previously dedicated monument from a different location on the Highland County Court House grounds and incorporating a full set of additional monuments, flags and brick pavers into the current version.

"In Honor of the Men of Highland Mills who Rendered Service in the World War 1917-1919"

Pietro Montana sculpted this bronze piece on a granite base. It was dedicated in 1925 as a tribute lo the local veterans of WWI.

This statue, installed on December 11,1926, honors the 278 men from Highland Park who died in World War I.

From Bach & Gray Chicago's Public Sculpture:  "An heroic bronze female figure symbolizing World War I stands against a granite backdrop. Bronze tablets at both sides of the figure list the names of servicemen from Highland Park who lost their lives during World War I. The monument was designed by James Cady Ewell, who was primarily a watercolorist. Ewell was born in Chicago and studied at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. He made sketching tours of the U.S. and Europe and had a one-man exhibition at the Art Institute in 1919. After many years as advertising manager for Wilson and Company, meat packers, Ewell retired to Florida, where he died at the age of seventy-three. 

IN HONOR OF THE 
MEN OF THIS COMMUNITY 
WHO SERVED IN DEFENSE 
OF OUR COUNTRY 
AND IN SACRED MEMORY OF 
THOSE WHO MADE 
THE SUPREME SACRIFICE 

Caroline A. Fox of Arlington, Massachusetts, gave this memo­rial to Hillsborough to honor its war dead from the Revolutionary War through WWI. It is a bronze eagle with wings spread, alighting on a large granite boulder. The town seal appears on a plaque on the front of the boulder. It was made by the T.F. McGann & Sons Com­pany foundry, and was dedicated on August 24, 1930.