Croix de Guerre Posted December 7, 2008 Share #1 Posted December 7, 2008 Just an idea,,if you have or know of any WWI monuments in your town or in your travels,,snap a shot of them and post them here. Let's keep this thread to WWI so if you have any shots of WW2, Korea, Span-Am or Civil War, etc. let's put them in a thread of their own. Here is the World War One Victory Arch in Huntington, West Virginia. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Croix de Guerre Posted December 7, 2008 Author Share #2 Posted December 7, 2008 Just an idea,,if you have or know of any WWI monuments in your town or in your travels,,snap a shot of them and post them here. Let's keep this thread to WWI so if you have any shots of WW2, Korea, Span-Am or Civil War, etc. let's put them in a thread of their own. Here is the World War One Victory Arch in Huntington, West Virginia. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Croix de Guerre Posted December 7, 2008 Author Share #3 Posted December 7, 2008 Just an idea,,if you have or know of any WWI monuments in your town or in your travels,,snap a shot of them and post them here. Let's keep this thread to WWI so if you have any shots of WW2, Korea, Span-Am or Civil War, etc. let's put them in a thread of their own. Here is the World War One Victory Arch in Huntington, West Virginia. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulyp99 Posted December 7, 2008 Share #4 Posted December 7, 2008 This is the World War I Memorial from Salem, Massachusetts' Immaculate Conception Catholic Church. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Croix de Guerre Posted December 8, 2008 Author Share #5 Posted December 8, 2008 Here is a very cool monument in France, dedicated to the men of the American Ambulance Field Service. Pont-Aux-Mousson, Lorraine, France Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Croix de Guerre Posted December 8, 2008 Author Share #6 Posted December 8, 2008 Here is a very cool monument in France, dedicated to the men of the American Ambulance Field Service. Pont-Aux-Mousson, Lorraine, France Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swag Posted December 11, 2008 Share #7 Posted December 11, 2008 Camp Funston, Kansas. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swag Posted December 11, 2008 Share #8 Posted December 11, 2008 Close up of the plaques. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrei Posted December 11, 2008 Share #9 Posted December 11, 2008 The Pershing - Lafayette monument in Versailles. For those who can read french, here is the link to the very sad and shameful story of this monument : http://www.asrieupe.org/IMG/pdf/Histoire_d...g_Lafayette.pdf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gpw_42 Posted December 11, 2008 Share #10 Posted December 11, 2008 The tablet on the Pont a Moussons monument, in Post 6, reads: "This fountain is dedicated to the memory of the volunteers of the American Ambulance [service] who died for France, 1914-1917, and were entrusted to the care of the heroic town of Pont a Mousson. [dedicated] 27 September 1931 Andrei, if I've translated incorrectly, please correct me! Thrasher Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrei Posted December 11, 2008 Share #11 Posted December 11, 2008 The tablet on the Pont a Moussons monument, in Post 6, reads: "This fountain is dedicated to the memory of the volunteers of the American Ambulance [service] who died for France, 1914-1917, and were entrusted to the care of the heroic town of Pont a Mousson. [dedicated] 27 September 1931 Andrei, if I've translated incorrectly, please correct me! Thrasher You are right on the money ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Croix de Guerre Posted December 12, 2008 Author Share #12 Posted December 12, 2008 The Pershing - Lafayette monument in Versailles. For those who can read french, here is the link to the very sad and shameful story of this monument : http://www.asrieupe.org/IMG/pdf/Histoire_d...g_Lafayette.pdf Andrei, For those of us who can't read French (which is the majority I would guess); Could you tell us some of the sad and shameful history you spoke of? And thank you for the post! Merci Mon Ami Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldfireguy Posted December 12, 2008 Share #13 Posted December 12, 2008 Olympia, Wash. Capital Grounds Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Croix de Guerre Posted December 14, 2008 Author Share #14 Posted December 14, 2008 Very nice! Let's keep them coming! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bugme Posted December 16, 2008 Share #15 Posted December 16, 2008 This is the WWI Memorial in Manitowoc, Wisconsin. It's located in the middle of the road so, I got a shot from both sides. Private donations keep the flame burning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bugme Posted December 16, 2008 Share #16 Posted December 16, 2008 Close-up Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bugme Posted December 16, 2008 Share #17 Posted December 16, 2008 Across the street from the large memorial is a cemetery with a memorial to just one young man that died during WWI but, it really stands out and is very unique. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bugme Posted December 16, 2008 Share #18 Posted December 16, 2008 His name: Pvt. Otto A. Luecke Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Croix de Guerre Posted December 16, 2008 Author Share #19 Posted December 16, 2008 Wow! Very, very nice but so sad as well. Years ago I was at a funeral for my wife's grandpa. He was buried at the old family cemetery way up on a mountain top near Philippi, West Virginia. I remember there was a large crypt and tablet honoring the life of a young man who was killed in the Argonne. It was the only one of its kind and must have cost a fortune. It dawned on me that this was the physical manifestation of that family’s grief over the loss of their child. I didn't truly understand that until now that I have a son of my own. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wailuna Posted December 16, 2008 Share #20 Posted December 16, 2008 A Doughboy memorial in front of the post office on S. Main Street in Beaver, Utah. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BEAST Posted December 16, 2008 Share #21 Posted December 16, 2008 A Doughboy memorial in front of the post office on S. Main Street in Beaver, Utah. This title of this sculpture is the "Spirit of the American Doughboy" It was sculpted by Ernest Moore "Dick" Viquesney, a native of Indiana. There are approximately 136 of these in the US. For more information on this Hoosier see: http://doughboy_lamp.tripod.com/id8.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Croix de Guerre Posted December 16, 2008 Author Share #22 Posted December 16, 2008 This title of this sculpture is the "Spirit of the American Doughboy" It was sculpted by Ernest Moore "Dick" Viquesney, a native of Indiana. There are approximately 136 of these in the US. For more information on this Hoosier see: http://doughboy_lamp.tripod.com/id8.html I was just going to say that I have seen that one before. Very cool,,looks like he lost his bayonet though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bugme Posted December 16, 2008 Share #23 Posted December 16, 2008 The oft ignored WWI monument in Washington DC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bugme Posted December 16, 2008 Share #24 Posted December 16, 2008 Also the WWI monument at Arlington National Cemetery Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wailuna Posted December 17, 2008 Share #25 Posted December 17, 2008 ...this sculpture is the "Spirit of the American Doughboy" It was sculpted by Ernest Moore "Dick" Viquesney, a native of Indiana. There are approximately 136 of these in the US.... Thanks, Beast...and I thought I was seeing a unique work of art. Now I know. It appears that the verified sightings of this statue have grown to 138, including the one at Beaver, Utah (link here to see more about the Beaver statue). Now that I know there are at least 137 more of these Doughboys in America, I'll look a few of them up next time I am rambling round the back roads of the Mainland. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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