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Edina Veterans Memorial Edina Veterans Memorial / Edina Edward Edgar Hartwick Memorial Edward Edgar Hartwick Memorial / Detroit Edwardsville Soldiers & Sailors Gold Star Memorial / Edwardsville Egbert Memorial Egbert Memorial / New York Egbertville World War Memorial Egbertville World War Memorial / El Reno, The World War Memorial El Reno, The World War Memorial / El Reno Elbert Co. - Bowman - Bowman Area Veterans Memorial Elbert Co. - Bowman - Bowman Area Veterans Memorial / Bowman Elbert Co. - Elberton - Memorial Park - Honoring All Veterans Elbert Co. - Elberton - Memorial Park - Honoring All Veterans / Elberton Elbert Paul Damel Y.M.C.A. Reading Room Elbert Paul Damel Y.M.C.A. Reading Room / Jefferson City Pictures: Elk on the Trail Elk on the Trail / Florida Elkhart Bronze Memorial Tablet Elkhart Bronze Memorial Tablet / Elkhart Elkhart County Honor Roll Elkhart County Honor Roll / Goshen Elkhart Memorial Bridge Elkhart Memorial Bridge / Elkhart Elko County World War I Memorial Elko County World War I Memorial / Elko Elks National Veterans Memorial Elks National Veterans Memorial / Chicago Elks National Veterans Memorial / Chicago Elks National Veterans Memorial / Chicago Elks Rest Memorial Elks Rest Memorial / Logansport Ellijay -- Veterans Memorial Bridge & Park / Ellijay Elma Veterans Memorial Park Elma Veterans Memorial Park / Elma Elmira WWI Memorial Elmira WWI Memorial / Elmira Elmore County WWI Memorial Elmore County WWI Memorial / Wetumpka Elmore County WWI Memorial / Wetumpka References

Edina Veterans Memorial

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Edina Veterans Memorial / Edina

Details
  • Memorial Hunters Club Submission: Robert Shay, PH3, USNR-R, 1964-70
4521 W. 50th St.
55424Edina
MN
USA

Dedicated May 25, 2015
Flag Pole originally dedicated May 30, 1955

The story behind this Memorial Monument can not be told in a few sentences here.
Please read the PDF linked below. After reading it I am sure you will see as I did,
that his story could have been written about any of the thousands of small towns
and neighborhoods in America that have sent their young sons and daughters off
to war in defense of our great nation and our G-d given rights and freedoms.
https://www.edinamn.gov/DocumentCenter/View/3934

The 34 names on this Memorial Monument are those of native and adopted
sons of Edina (and Morningside during the period of separation) who died
while serving in a time of war over the years since Edina was incorporated
in 1888. The first death occurred during the First World War, when Roy
and Elizabeth Sherman’s 18-year-old son Elmer was killed while fighting in
a heavily fortified sector of France’s Argonne Forest. Elmer Sherman was
the only Edina resident who perished in that conflict.

Edward Edgar Hartwick Memorial

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Edward Edgar Hartwick Memorial / Detroit

Details
Woodlawn Cemetery
48203Detroit
MI
USA

This is a bas-relief depicting WWI veteran Maj. Edward Edgar Hartwick kneeling in prayer with his hand on the shoulder of a young boy. Also shown is a cavalry insignia and the image of a castle. It was sculpted by Julius C. Loester and dedicated on October of 1921 to mark Maj. Hartwick s grave

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Edwardsville Soldiers & Sailors Gold Star Memorial / Edwardsville

Details
  • Memorial Hunters Club Submission: Robert Shay, PH3, USNR-R, 1964-70
Edwardsville City Park
62025Edwardsville
IL
USA

“Our Sons

The words on the name tag of Ryan C. Garbs’ bronze bust at the Edwardsville City Park read “Our Sons”.
The monument was inspired by the life and death of the U.S. Army Ranger Specialist who was killed In
Action on February 18, 2007 in Afghanistan at the age of 20. His parents, Douglas and Jill Garbs, wanted
to memorialize all Edwardsville’s sons who died in wars since 1900. There are 77 names listed on granite
stones on each side of the bust.
Douglas Garb said the idea to include others came the day of his only son’s funeral when he encountered
the parents of a college buddy, 1st LT. David Boyle, USMC, who was also a fallen soldier. Dave’s mom and
dad came up through the visitation line. When our eyes met, I was like: I hadn’t thought of Dave since '83.
And right then I knew I was going to do something so we wouldn't forget. And I was not only going to honor
Dave, my friend, I'm going to find some of the other guys.”
The result of Garbs’ quest is the Ryan C. Garbs Gold Star Monument, a memorial that stands in front of the
Edwardsville Public Library. A dedication ceremony took place on Saturday, April 21, 2012.
Garbs said the monument is a testimony to the generosity of the Edwardsville community. Countless individuals,
businesses and organizations have helped the Garbs family raise $75,000 to erect the monument, from the
$10,000 donation from the Edwardsville Rotary Club to an 86-cent donation from an Alton woman who taped the
coins to an index card with a note saying it was all she could afford."This journey has been extraordinary and so
many people have stepped up to help," Garbs said. “As time went on, it evolved into what it is today — just
remarkable.”Garbs said Ryan was a special man, who represents so many others.
- Edited from St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Suburban Journals article dated April 19, 2012

“Our Sons”

Egbert Memorial

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Egbert Memorial / New York

Details
  • Monument with tablet
  • Column or pillar
  • Plaque: American Legion, Monument: DPR
  • Dedication Date: 1935
  • 1935
  • Other Measurements: Plaque H:2'5
Port Richmond Ave
10302New York
NY
USA

FOR GOD AND COUNTRY/ EGBERT SQUARE/ NAMED IN HONOR OF/ ARTHUR STANLEY EGBERT/ SEA 2C USNRF/ WHO DIED IN THE SINKING OF THE/ USS PRESIDENT LINCOLN, ON MAY 31, 1918/ AND DEDICATED TO THE MEN AND WOMEN/ OF PORT RICHMOND AND GRANITEVILLE/ WHO DEVOTEDLY SERVED THEIR COUNTRY / IN THE WORLD WAR 1917-1918 / ERECTED BY / ARTHUR S. EGBERT POST NO 95 / THE AMERICAN LEGION

Egbertville World War Memorial

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Egbertville World War Memorial /

Details
  • Stele with eagle in front, plaque attached at back, two smaller incised steles at side with plaques at back
  • Other
South side of Richmond Road at Rockland Avenue
NY
USA

Plaque

THIS MONUMENT IS DEDICATED
TO THE MEN OF
EGBERTVILLE, STATEN ISLAND, N.Y.
WHO SERVED IN THE WORLD WAR
1917-1918
ROLL OF HONOR
ARMY
SAMUEL AVINS --- JOHN DIMARCO --- LUIGI PETOSA
GEORGE BRAND --- MAZZARENO DIMARCO --- WILLIAM ROSS
FRANK BRODERICK --- LOUIS EUPHRAT --- MICHELE RUBERTO
GEORGE BRODERICK --- S. GEORGE HARRIS --- NICHOLAS TESTA
JOSEPH BRODERICK --- JAMES HENNESSY --- PETER VARRIANO
WILLIAM BRODERICK --- MICHELE IACAMPO --- JOHN VENDITTI
EDWARD COMERY --- DONATO MANCINO --- WILFRED YOUDS
JOHN COMERY --- ERM. MANGONE --- FRANK ZICKI
J. VINCENT CURRY --- F.J. MATTES --- GEORGE ZICKI
MICHAEL DELANEY --- OTTO MORATH --- RUPPERT ZICKI
NAVY
LOUIS BETHOS --- JOHN FINLEY --- FRANK STEINERT
HENRY BREDSON --- CHARLES FISCHER --- PERCY WHITEY
WILLIAM COMERY --- PETER GARRAMONE --- STANLEY YOST
STEP. FALKENBURY --- FREDERICK ZICKI
MEMORIAL COMMITTEE
MICHAEL RAPP, PRES. --- JOHN H. NUGENT, TREAS. --- EDWARD A. FINLEY, SEC.
HENRY YOUDS --- EDWARD GORHAM --- DANIEL GUNDACKER
ROBERT STEINERT, JR. --- JOHN J. MCMANUS --- PATSY VURCHIO
FRANCIS DILLON --- JOSEPH GARRAVONE --- ALBERT RAPP

Small plaque 1

WORLD WAR II
HONOR

Small plaque 2

KOREA
HONOR

Small plaque 3

THESE POSTS AND CHAINS
ARE DONATED BY THE
CHILDREN OF
EGBERTVILLE,
1921

Pedestal

ERECTED
MCMXX
BY
THE CITIZENS
OF
EGBERTVILLE

El Reno, The World War Memorial

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El Reno, The World War Memorial / El Reno

Details
Heroes Plaza, E. Woodson St.
73036El Reno
OK
USA

This Barre Vermont granite sculpture depicts a full-size WWI soldier Standing at attention, holding his rifle vertically at his side. He stands on a tall pedestal which is inscribed with the names of the 58 Canadian County citizens who died in service in WWI. It was made by Rock of Ages Corporation and was dedicated on Novem­ber 11,1931. The statue was moved from Canadian County Courthouse to Heroes Plaza on July 4, 2000.

Elbert Co. - Bowman - Bowman Area Veterans Memorial

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Elbert Co. - Bowman - Bowman Area Veterans Memorial / Bowman

Details
  • Photos courtesy of Lamar Veatch
City Park - Corner of Highways 17 & 172
30624Bowman
GA
USA

"Dedicated to the glory of God and all the veterans of the Bowman Community, more especially to these who have given their lives for our nation's cause".

Elbert Co. - Elberton - Memorial Park - Honoring All Veterans

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Elbert Co. - Elberton - Memorial Park - Honoring All Veterans / Elberton

Details
  • All photos courtesy of Lamar Veatch
North Oliver Street
30635Elberton
GA
USA

Originally known as Service Star Legion Park, the area includes a Wilson tree, a Service Star monument, a World War I memorial, and oaks planted in memory of World War I soldiers.

From 1923 to 1984, this 1.8 acre tract was managed by the Service Star Legion of Elbert County. It was originally donated in memory of LT Edmund Brewer Tate, III, killed in action in the Argonne forest battle on Oct. 12, 1918. Since 1984, the renamed ‘Memorial Park” is managed by Elbert County. It contains multiple markers honoring Elbert County dead from all U.S. wars.

Elbert Paul Damel Y.M.C.A. Reading Room

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Elbert Paul Damel Y.M.C.A. Reading Room / Jefferson City

Details
  • Memorial Hunters Club Submission: Kate
712 Lee St.
65101Jefferson City
MO
USA

In 1918, The Modern Priscilla Art Club dedicated a Y.M.C.A. Reading Room in memory of Elbert Paul Damel at Lincoln Institute (now University) in Jefferson City, Mo. Lincoln is a historically black university founded by U.S.C.T. troops following the Civil War.Elbert P. Damel (1894-1918) graduated from Lincoln Institute in 1912. He was inducted into the U.S. Army in 1917. Pvt. Damel was sent to Camp Funston, Kansas for training and spent his entire year of service at the camp. Damel died on October 15, 1918. His funeral notice states that he died "doing war work for the Y.M.C.A".He was brought back to Missouri for burial and is interned at the National Cemetery in Jefferson City, MO.The reading room and the building it was in no longer exist. The dedication plaque is part of a historic artifact collection for Lincoln University housed in their current Inman E. Page Library building in room 317.

Location:
712 Lee St.
Jefferson City, MO, 65101

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Elk on the Trail

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Elk on the Trail / Florida

Details
  • Gorham Manufacturing Company, founder
  • Time capsule buried in ground nearby inscribed
  • Massachusetts Elks who died in the war
  • This is one of many casts of the sculpture created by Eli Harvey for the Elks in 1904. The owner of the Whitcomb Summit Inn donated the land for the sculpture.
  • Eli Harvey, sculptor
  • MA000471
  • animal, height
  • Single figure -- animal
  • 6000
  • Association
  • Elks of Massachusetts
  • Dedication Date: 06/17/1923
  • 1923
  • 1904
  • Other Measurements: base: approximately three feet high

The Elk On The Trail is a World War I memorial to Massachusetts Elks who died in World War I.

A 8' high bronze statue of an elk stands on a 3' high rough cut granite base behind a 4' high fenced in area. The elk holds his head high and has a full rack of antlers. The elk was cast at the Gorham Manufacturing Company of Providence, RI. Sculpted by Eli Harvey, the memorial was dedicated on June 17, 1923.

The plaque reads:
THE ELK ON THE TRAIL
IN MEMORY OF
THE BROTHERS OF THE
MASSACHUSETTS
ELKS ASSOCIATION
WHO DIED IN THE WORLD WAR
ERECTED BY THE ASSOCIATION
17TH JUNE 1923.

Elkhart Bronze Memorial Tablet

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Elkhart Bronze Memorial Tablet / Elkhart

Details
  • Dedication Date: 1919
46516Elkhart
IN
USA

Elkhart County Honor Roll

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Elkhart County Honor Roll / Goshen

Details
46526Goshen
IN
USA

Elkhart Memorial Bridge

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Elkhart Memorial Bridge / Elkhart

Details
  • Dedication Date: May 30, 1928
46516Elkhart
IN
USA

Elko County World War I Memorial

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Elko County World War I Memorial / Elko

Details
  • Memorial Hunters Club Submission: The Wanderer
Idaho St at 6th St
89801Elko
NV
USA

The monument is a granite pillar faced with a bronze eagle and a plaque with names of those from Elko County fallen in the Great World War. It stands in front of the courthouse in downtown Elko, Nevada.

Elks National Veterans Memorial

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Elks National Veterans Memorial / Chicago

Elks National Veterans Memorial / Chicago

Elks National Veterans Memorial / Chicago

Details
  • American Legion post
  • Dedication Date: July 14, 1926
  • 1926
  • 1924
2750 North Lakeview Avenue
60614Chicago
IL
USA

The Elks Veterans Memorial is a tribute to the bravery, loyalty and dedication of the thousands of Elks who have fought and died for our country. It has been described as one of the most magnificent war memorials in the world, but with its monumental architecture and priceless art, the Memorial is more a symbol of peace and of the patriotism of the members of the Elks fraternity.

Elks Rest Memorial

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Elks Rest Memorial / Logansport

Details
46947Logansport
IN
USA

Located in Mount Hope Cemetery.

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Ellijay -- Veterans Memorial Bridge & Park / Ellijay

Details
  • All photos courtesy of Lamar Veatch
30540Ellijay
GA
USA

Elma Veterans Memorial Park

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Elma Veterans Memorial Park / Elma

Details
  • Memorial Hunters Club Submission: Robert Shay, PH3, USNR-R, 1964-70
East Young St. at East Main St.
98541Elma
WA
USA

This Memorial Monument features the names of Elma citizen who Made The Supreme Sacrifice
in the service of the United States during World War 1, World War 2, Korea, Vietnam and Iraq

Elmira WWI Memorial

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Elmira WWI Memorial / Elmira

Details
Wisner Park, 254 Main St.
14901Elmira
NY
USA

To a stone stele, approximately seven feet tall, is mounted a bronze relief plaque depicting two soldiers sitting and one kneeling, while above is an angel with spread wings, holding a branch and a sword. In the lower corners of the plaque are a cannon and an an­chor. The plaque forms the center portion of a large bench which was dedicated on May 30, 1924, to honor the 120 citizens of Chemung County who died in WWI.

Elmore County WWI Memorial

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Elmore County WWI Memorial / Wetumpka

Elmore County WWI Memorial / Wetumpka

Details
  • Memorial Hunters Club Submission: Mark Hilton
36092Wetumpka
AL
USA
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