Central inscription: MIDLAND BEACH VETERANS MEMORIAL / DEDICATED TO THOSE WHO / SERVED AND DIED / WORLD WAR I / CHARLES C. KRIDER / WORLD WAR II / JOSEPH ALOI / JOHN J. KOHM / JAMES J. MOLLOY / ANDREW T. OTT / CHARLES E. STEINIGER / 

Left inscription: KOREA / JOHN J. CRAIG / PAUL E. PAKIDES, JR / 

Right inscription: VIETNAM / LOUIS W. BELLACH, JR. / CHRISTOPHER W. MEAGHER / RAYMOND RODRIGUEZ / JOHN R. TAMBURRI, JR. /

Midland County WWI Veterans Memorial 

This is a small plaque that is dedicated to those from Midland Country who served during the Great War. Plaque is located at the top of the WWII memorial at the Midland County Courthouse.

This statue of Westerly blue-white granite depicts a uniformed WWI doughboy standing at ease-with his right hand holding his rifle barrel. In his left hand is a German helmet and sword. He wears a combat helmet, and carries a canteen on his ammunition belt. He is standing in a rocky formation that rises to his thigh, and all is set on a multi-tiered base atop a square platform with bricked siding. This was designed by T.P. Murray and was dedicated on No­vember 11. 1921, in Supple Square, and was moved here and rededicated on October 8, 1932. It commemorates the soldiers of WWI.

The monument was originally constructed in the Milford City Park in 1931 by the members of Milford’s American Legion Post 171 and dedicated on May 30, 1931. It was constructed of field stones collected from local farms. Each of the 52 Legion members was asked to bring 2 stones for the monument. There was a water fountain built into one side and a plaque above the fountain that read “In Memory, of Those Who Served, 1917 World War 1918, Milford Post 171, the American Legion, Milford, Nebr. May 30 1931”. In early 2012, the city maintenance crew inspected the monument and found it to be in disrepair and possibly dangerous. The water fountain was no longer in use and had probably contributed to the decline. It had always been a favorite climbing spot in the park for children and it was felt that it was no longer safe. After consulting with several qualified masons, it was determined that repair wasn’t really a good option. The cracks and structural issues meant that it wasn’t a good candidate for being moved. A consensus was reached that the best thing would be to disassemble the monument and rebuild it at another location in the park. The monument was disassembled by the city maintenance crew and the stones and plaque put into storage. Inside the monument was found a glass jar with a typed list of the Legion and Auxiliary members from 1931.

It was decided to build the memorial back (as close as possible) to the way it had been, but leave out the water fountain. A nice visible corner in front of the community and library building was chosen. This was more visible and away from the playground equipment. The city had supplied the labor to tear down the old monument, but they thought that the Legion should pay for rebuilding it. $5,500 was raised for the reconstruction.

In May of 2012 the monument was reconstructed. This time it would have a nice solid concrete base, a steel internal support structure, the stones from the old monument, the plaque from the old monument and a new rededication plaque.

In the spring of 2019, the mayor of Milford gave some money to plant some grass, small bushes, and street bricks for a walk way up to the monument.

A central shaft of Milford pink granite has a rounded top and carvings on the side. It is flanked by low, curved retaining walls, at the outer edge of each sits a pedestal topped by a carved granite urn. Beneath is a platform of blue and red flagstone.

This was sculpted by Robert A. Cook and Wendell T. Phillips as a W.P.A. project, and it was dedicated in November of 1939, replac­ing a previous wooden marker. It honors the Milford citizens who participated in WWI.

Miller Park is the home of an amazing Civil War Memorial Cenotaph.
There are also World War 2, Korean War and Vietnam War Cenotaphs.
The memorial to World War 1 is a bit more subjective as it consists of
a WW1 M1917 6 Ton Light Tank, produced by Van Dorn Iron Works,
Maxwell Motor Co. & C.L. Best Co.Of the 950 produced, only 10 made
it to Europe before the Armistice and none saw combat. It was a new
American design of the French Army Renault FT-17.
Armament: 37MM Cannon
Crew: 2
Also included in the WW1 exhibit/memorial is an unidentified German
Field Artilery Piece from World War 1.

The inscription on this building's plaque reads:

Formerly the main Crossville United States post office, this courthouse annex bears the name of Cumberland County World War I hero Milo Lemert (1890 - 1918).

Milo Lemert was a sergeant in Company G 119th Infantry 30th Division of the Tennessee National Guard nicknamed the "Old Hickory Division". He is credited with destroying 3 German machine gun nests on the Hindenburg line and was killed while attempting to subdue the fourth on September 29, 1918.

Milo Lemert, a courageous Cumberland Countian, was honored with America's highest military recognition The Medal of Honor.

Additional background on Milo Lemert:

Born in Marshalltown, lowa, on March 25, 1890, Lemert entered service in his hometown of Crossville, TN. The American Legion Post in Savannah, TN, is named for him. Savannah's Milo Lemert Memorial Bridge was dedicated in 1930 and served the area until it was taken down in 1980. The new bridge, dedicated in 1981, was named the Harrison-McGarity Bridge in honor of two other Hardin County Medal recipients. The area Post Office is now the Milo Lemert Memorial Building. In 1991, the Tennessee Department of Transportation announced that the bypass around Crossville would be designated the Sergeant Milo Lemert Memorial Parkway.

On Sept. 29, 1918, near Bellicourt, France, the left flank of Lemert's company was under fire from a machine gun emplacement causing heavy casualties. Lemert found the location of the gun and, under heavy fire, he rushed it single-handed, one man against the machine gun. He killed the entire enemy crew with grenades and continued along the enemy trench ahead of his company. He charged again, silencing the second gun with grenades. When a third gun emplacement opened up on him from the left, he destroyed it as well. With another sergeant, he then attacked a fourth machine gun nest and was killed as he reached the emplacement. His courageous action and skill against the enemy guns prevented many casualties in his company.

Less than two months before he was killed, Lemert wrote to his mother, "I am a pretty good soldier and am proud of it....As for me I can shut my eyes and dream such sweet dreams of Tenn. that I am sure I will have to be chained in heaven if I do get bumped off in No Man’s Land."

After Milo's death, his brother and fellow soldier Nathan Lemert, wrote to their mother, "There is no use to grieve, tho Mama...He died like a man and hero. No one can die a braver death than he did...Every man in the company loved him and would do anything for him...His last words were, ‘I am finished, boys, give them hell.’...I helped bury him. We put him with the rest of our boys who were killed."

This large but simple memorial to veterans of the "World War" is in Woodland Park Perpetual Care Cemetery in Mineral Wells. Tiers of brick and stone support two benches and a monument plaque that reads

Dedicated to the memory of
World War Veterans
who have answered the
last roll call

Erected 1940

The monument is completed by a tall flagpole.

Minneapolis Memorial Parkway,
Victory Memorial Drive and
Victory Memorial Drive Plaza

This is the grandest and largest World War 1 Memorial I have seen in my travels.  A walk and drive here is a must if you visit Minneapolis.

Both, the Memorial Parkway and Victory Memorial Drive, are a section of the Grand Rounds Scenic Byway in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The parkway runs along the northwestern and northern boundaries of the Camden community. The Victory neighborhood in Camden derives its name from this parkway. Trees and individual memorial markers located throughout the green belts on either side of the Drive and Parkway were established to honor the memory of the 568 servicemen of Hennepin County, who died in combat and from wounds, disease or accident in the World War. A flag pole plaza, flanked by flowering trees, greets visitors passing along the northwestern curve of the parkway.  On the Plaza there are many bronze plaques that tell the story of this project and list the names of the Hennepin County soldiers, sailors, Marines and airmen who made the Supreme Sacrifice in defense of freedom.  A concrete strip on the plaza behind the flag pole perfectly lines up with the flag pole’s shadow at 11AM on November 11th and is inscribed “ARMISTICE DAY 1918”.  The Plaza received a major facelift in about 1976. 

Charles M. Loring, the influential Minneapolis parks commissioner who put up the funds for the Elm trees that lined the parkway, insisted on Elms – in what is now a bitter irony, Loring wrote that given time and space, “they will in time become giants of strength and beauty.” In actuality, many of the Elms succumbed to disease and were replaced with Hackberry trees.   A wide central boulevard provides a recreational park that sees much activity during the warm seasons.  The GAR Memorial, Grand Army of the Republic (Union Army Civil War Veterans Assn.) and Lincoln statue across from the Plaza are a visitors bonus.

This plaque dedicated in 1931 by the American Legion Auxiliary Department of Missouri "As a Perpetual Memorial to the Valiant Men and Women of Missouri Who Served During the World War For God and Country".

This plaque is located in the Missouri State Capitol on the first floor in the Missouri State Museum's History Hall.

This plaque dedicated in 1928 by the Missouri State Chapter of the American War Mothers.

"In Proud and loving Memory of the immortal service rendered by the sons and daughters of Missouri in the World War/ LEST WE FORGET"

This plaque hangs in the Missouri State Capitol on the first floor in the Missouri State Museum's History Hall.

This plaque dedicated in 1926 by the Missouri State Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution honors the memory of "The Missouri Boys who sacrificed their lives in the service of our country in the World War of 1914-1918" 

Inscribed on the plaque are the names of the D.A.R. Boys who are descendants of Revolutionary Patriots.

This plaque hangs in the Missouri State Capitol on the first floor in the Missouri State Museum's History Hall.

The Missouri Veterans Memorial on the grounds of the Missouri State Capitol consists of a fountain and black granite obelisks chiseled with the conflict names and dates, including one for World War I.

The memorial is located on the Northeast corner of the capitol grounds overlooking the Missouri river.

This plaque dedicated to the state's army nurses who served in the World War hangs in the Missouri State Capitol on the first floor in the Missouri State Museum's History Hall. 

It was dedicated in 1934 by the Chapeau de Missouri, Huit Femmes, Qurante Chapeux of Kansas City, Mo.