The first hurdle participants face is finding local WWI Memorials. Though incomplete, the map below has the WWI memorials the WW1CC has gathered. So get your "Indiana Jones" on and help us find missing memorials with the Memorial Hunters Club, where you are encourage to search for and discover local WWI memorials missing from our register and map below. If you are the first to find a missing memorial, not currently shown on the national map, your contribution will carry your name as the discoverer. When completed, we will publish this mapped database for any organization, institution, school or group to use in any way they would like.
The 100 Cities / 100 Memorials program team
Memorial Inventory Project: There is one other existing partial database to consult - The WWI Memorial Inventory Project [CLICK HERE]. It contains some memorials our map doesn't. The listings on this database are fair game for the Memorial Hunters Club. So if you want to search for treasure from your desk - find missing listings here and submit them. Remember though, you will need to come up with pictures and the history of the memorial. You might be able to hunt that down through www.Proquest.com and Google.
 
This memorial, which also contains sections for World War 2 and Viet Nam, is located next to the fire station in downtown Woodland.
Erected by the Rural School Children of Woodson County in honor of the Woodson County Boys who entered the World War and in memory of those who made the supreme sacrifice
To you, from failing hands,
We throw the torch --
Be yours to hold it high:
If ye break faith with us who die
We shall not sleep.
McCrae.
A life-size bronze statue of a WWI doughboy is depicted with a rifle and grenade, advancing through the stumps and barbed wire of No Man's Land. It is mounted on a base of brick with a concrete top. It was sponsored by the Exchange Club of Woodville, sculpted by E.M. Viquesney, and dedicated on October 16,1927. The base was designed by Alton Weigel.
Memorial Grove was established in 1928 to honor the veterans of Worcester, MA who died in World War I. It consists of an iron gateway set in two blocks, and a pink granite marker set on a concrete pathway leading into the grove.
Although far from the combat fronts, Berkeley was one of California's largest cities during World War I and participated in the war effort in many ways, including critical manufacturing, training of servicemen, war-related research at the University of California campus, and volunteer and patriotic programs in the community. At least 100 Berkeley men did not return from the war. They were remembered with a plaque that was later permanently installed on Berkeley's Veteran's Memorial Building in 1923. The plaque was restored and rededicated on the Centennial of Armistice Day in 2018.
Dedicated in 1920 by the Centralia & Clinton Co. Illinois Chapters of War Mothers
Description and photo from http://www.arlingtoncemetery.net/ww1-mem.htm
This WW1 memorial is located in Section 34 of Arlington National Cemetery, near the graves of General John J. Pershing and many of his "doughboys." It is dedicated to the 116,516 Americans who died in World War 1.
“FOR GOD AND COUNTRY”
Twelve of the young men who left the Le Roy area in 1917 and 1918 for service in
World War 1 did not return home. In their memory the town planted 12 Memorial
Pine Trees in South Park. This type of memorial was created in many towns and
cities across America. In many of those places the trees died or were remove due
to road construction projects. Here in Le Roy, the small bronze plaques were lost
and went unseen and were nearly lost in the shadow of the tall trees until an alert
citizen found them and collected them. The town and American Legion decided
to restore the plaques and attach them to a large shadow box sign at the entrance
to the park so these brave sons of Le Roy who made The Supreme Sacrifice in The
World War would not be forgotten and would always be remembered for the price
they paid for our Liberty.
“DEDICATED TO THOSE WHO LOST THEIR LIVES WHILE IN THE SERVICE OF THEIR COUNTRY”
DESIGNED AND ERECTED BY AN ANONYMOUS DONOR
An obelisk at First Street and North Grand Avenue that memorializes 113 Sangamon County residents who died in World War I.
The memorial, about a seven-foot granite obelisk topped by a world globe, apparently was designed by the donor. Two small granite benches sit on either side of the obelisk. A vintage street light and flag pole are also in this mini street corner park. This Monument is not vintage to the time period and was donated in approximately 2003, because it says World War 1 and not “The World War”.
Private Sam Yurkovich’s memorial, chosen by his family when his
remains were returned home is one of many of this statue that seems
to have been purchased from a regional artist. There are several
more in the area and others have been destroyed in the past 100
years. Another example is pictured in the photo gallery. This is the
best example and the most well maintained of this type of individual
soldiers memorial I have seen
Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery
“SOME DEEDS MUST NOT DIE, SOME NAMES MUST NOT WITHER”
- motto of the National Society of 1917 World War Registrars
The Rollo-Calcaterra American Legion Post No.15 of St. Louis, Missouri preserved a
vital piece of St. Louis history. In the early 1920’s, at the same time that Post 15 was
being formed, the Gold Star Mothers of St. Louis and the National Society of 1917
World War Registrars were organizing an effort to construct a memorial to honor the sons
and daughters of St. Louis who had lost their lives serving their country in the World War.
The memorial included 1,185 round bronze plaques that were set into the boulevard of
Kingshighway, each with a sycamore tree planted by the City of St. Louis. In the 1980’s,
significant changes were made to Kingshighway and the bronze plaques were in jeopardy
of being thrown away.
Rollo-Cancaterra American Legion Post No. 15 saved 752 of the bronze plaques and
documented the 433 that were lost forever. Since that time, the Post has had a single
missionto find an appropriate permanent home for the plaques and on September 20,
2012 at 1:30PM, their mission was fulfilled. For on that Sunday, which was also National
Gold Star Mothers’ Day, The World War 1 Court of Honor Memorial was officially dedicated
at the Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery in St. Louis, Missouri.
The World War 1 Veterans Memorial is located in the Clinton Riverfront Park and includes a bronze sculpture cast by French-born American sculptor Leonard Crunelle in 1930. The sculpture is part of the memorial which also includes a granite pedestal and a metal flagpole.
This monument was placed in what was designated as Memorial Park in Radcliffe, Iowa.
Now this park is referred to as Radcliffe City Park on current maps.
The Monument appears to on the Northeast corner of E. Ionia St. and Isabella St.
The bronze plaque lists the names of all area residents who served in The Wold War,
including Nurses. Those who made the Supreme Sacrifice are noted with a star
preceding their name.
This monument is made of a granite block with a triangular side elevation. The words, "Our Honor Roll" appear on the front in raised letters. Placed on each of the two sloping angles of the top of the monument are identical bronze plaques listing the names of Gloucester Township soldiers & sailors who served in WWI.
Photos courtesy of: NJ State Historic Preservation Office
The Haledon World War I Honor Roll memorial is a large, rectangular bronze plaque mounted to the side wall of the vestibule of the former, formal entrance to Haledon Public School.
The plaque is bordered by a simple molded frame, marked by a central, bare-chested, classical male figure holding a horizontal, sheathed sword in his crossed arms. His arms rest on a stele covering the left side of his body. An eagle with outstretched wings sits at its base. The figure stands atop a plinth which carries these words: "Erected by the residents of Halendon in memory of those who fought and swerved in the World War 1917-1918" Below the plinth, a base panel honors two Haledon residents who died in the war. The names of the other Haledon residents who served are listed in flanking columns around the figure.
The plaque was designed by the noted Italian American sculptor, Gaetano Federici. Federici was a Paterson, NJ resident; he was responsible for several WWI memorials in the state.
Photos courtesy of: NJ State Historic Preservation Office
This is a granite arch, erected as a tribute to the Berlin veterans of World War I.
The World War I Buddy Monument at North Front and Cumberland Streets in Riverfront Park was dedicated Nov. 11, 1922. The doughboy stands atop a 7-ton boulder from the base of Round Top at Gettysburg National Military Park.
This memorial was designed by J. Andre Smith, a World War I veteran, artist, architect and constructed by stone cutter William Keast. It was installed in 1923 and moved slightly to this spot when the new town hall was built in 1966. Plastered in the Stony Creek granite reads “Pro Patria 1917-1918” just below a Distinguished Service Cross. President Woodrow Wilson commissioned Smith, the admired World War I artist, to create the monument, according to the plaque that sits to its left. It was dedicated to those World War 1 servicemen who gave their lives for their country and are buried in a foreign land.