The United States World War One Centennial Commission has endorsed The World War One Memorial Inventory project. This nationwide inventory seeks to identify, document, and preliminarily assesses the condition of the country's World War I memorials and monuments. The effort is intended to raise public awareness of the presence, and in many cases, sadly, the plight of these historic monuments and memorials, as a necessary first step to ensuring their conservation and preservation. Read more about the World War One Memorial Inventory project in this article by the project's founder, Mark Levitch.
The United States World War One Centennial Commission has endorsed Saving Hallowed Ground, a worldwide organization dedicated to the preservation and protection of monuments and markers, commemorating veterans and patriots where ever they may be found. Saving Hallowed Ground accomplishes this through two steps: (1) Performing conservation and preservation services to the monuments themselves; (2) Engaging school students and communities in researching and learning about the history of their monuments and about the stories behind the names inscribed on these Living History Memorials. Visit the Saving Hallowed Ground website for more information.
 
The inscription on this memorial, erected in 2014 by the Venango County Historical Society, reads:
In Honor of
World War I Veterans
[Photo of troop ship]
In Memory
[Photo of troops in battle]
In Remembrance
[Photo of troops entering "No Man's Land"]
Presented by the
Venango County Historical Society
August 2014
[Photo of French troops in battle]
The inscription on this memorial reads:
I PREPARE FOR SERVICE
THESE HAVE NOBLY SERVED
In honor of
Alumni Students and Teachers
who served in the Great War
What more can a man offer than his life
Fred Armstrong, Navy - Died
Elmer Frederick, Sgt. Av. - Died
George N. Kemp, Capt. Inf. - Killed
Peter L. McGeady, C.W.S. - Died
Raymond H. Noble, Capt. Ord. - Died
L. Glenn Saunders, Sgt. Eng. - Killed
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[Honor Roll of Veterans]
The inscription on this memorial reads:
SAYRE PENNA
OUR HONORED DEAD IN
1914 - THE WORLD WAR - 1918
[Followed by a listing of 12 names]
THEIR DEEDS ARE IMMORTAL/THEIR MEMORY SHALL NEVER DIE
Dedicated in approx.1925, this J.C. Hardy sculpture commemorates the services and sacrifices of the Harrisburg women who served in World War I. The bronze bas-relief plaque shows seven women in WWI-era dress. One wears a military uniform, the next a dress with cape and hat and carries a basket, three sit in a group, one is a nurse, another works in a garden. The plaque, attached to a rough-hewn stone marker, reads:
In · commemoration · of
the · services · and · sacrifices · of · the ·women · of · Harrisburg
in · the · World · War
Giuseppe Moretti sculpted this life-sized bronze fireman holding a small child in his left arm, partially shielding him with his coat. In his right hand, he holds a vine-twisted sword and World War I helmet. Beneath is a stone base decorated by a plaque showing fireman fighting a fire. The memorial is dedicated to the fireman who served and died in World War I.
A plaque on the monument reads:
Erected by the
Volunteer Fire Department
of the
City of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
in honor of valiant services
rendered by its members during
The World War 1917 - 1919
Dedicated 1924
These gave their lives
Benjamin H. Boggs
Herbert D. Harry
Clarance L. Hinkle
Louis E. Houseal
John C. Peifer, Jr.
Charles W. Revie
Edward L. Selway
Frank E. Ziegler
The inscription on this memorial reads:
Erected by the
Citizens of Falls Township
to commemorate the
patriotic service of
these men & women in
The World War
1917 - 1919
The inscription on this memorial reads:
Dedicated in honor of those employees of Tyrone Division of the Pennsylvania Division who fought in the World War, those who fought and lived and those who fought and died, those who gave much and those who gave all.
The inscription on this memorial reads:
In Memory of
James L. Killen, Jr.
Jesse S. Mills
Rockdale Boys who died in Action
in the World War 1918
Erected by Their Neighbors of
Aston & Middletown Townships [Rear of Marker]
Roll of Honor
In Honor of those of this community who Patriotically responded to the call of their country in defense of the Liberties of mankind.
“These gallant men of our Armed Forces have fought for the ideals which they knew to be the ideals of their country”
Woodrow Wilson - 1918
Erected by: The Glen Riddle Branch of the Emergency Aid of Pennsylvania
This is a tower memorial honoring the American dead of World War I. Erected in 1929 by the American Legion, the inscription reads:
To preserve the memories
and incidents
of our association
in the Great War
This memorial park is dedicated to the memory of the 12 men of Jermyn who made the supreme sacrifice for their country. In 1920, 12 trees, which line the roadway, were planted as a living remembrance for their immortal sacrifice. The replica rock depicts the 1918 carving of Victor Slawinsky's Memory of an American Doughboy - Spirit of an American Soldier. The original rock carving is located on the old road to Hosie Dam & the mining ghost town of Edgerton. The inscription on the rocks reads:
MEMORIAL TO THOSE OF JERMYN WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN WORLD WAR SERVICE
DEDICATED BY THE WILLIAM J. GRIFFITHS POST 465 AMERICAN LEGION
Listed names: Carl Baker, William J.Griffiths, Thomas Harvey, Richard T. Henwood, Joseph Houston, David S. Jones, Frank Kelly, George R. Morgan, Maurice L. Phillips, James Roach, John Zaleski, Nicolas E. Selgrath
On November 11, 2005, the park was rededicated, continuing the memory and providing a peaceful river park.
The inscription on this memorial reads:
THIS TABLET PERPETUATES THE MEMORY OF THE
SWISSVALE MEN AND WOMEN
WHO SERVED HONORABLY IN THE WORLD WAR
1917 -- 1919
LET AMERICANS OF THIS AND FUTURE GENERATIONS REMEMBER THAT AMERICA TAUGHT THEM HOW TO LIVE AND HOW TO DIE AND SHE WILL PRESERVE FOR HER CHILDREN THE PRICELESS MEMORY OF THEIR SACRIFICE, HEROISM AND DEATH
[listing of names]
ERECTED BY THE BOROUGH OF SWISSVALE, PENNSYLVANIA.
The inscription on this memorial reads:
DEDICATED TO THE PATRIOTS OF THE HOMESTEAD DISTRICT WHO SERVED IN THE WORLD WAR 1917 - 1919
The inscription on this memorial reads:
IN HONOR OF
OUR BOYS OF HALIFAX AND VICINITY
WHO SERVED THE AMERICAN COLORS IN
THE GREAT WORLD WAR
FOR LIBERTY AND HUMANITY
[Honor Roll listing of names].
Erected in 1925, the inscription on this memorial reads:
IN MEMORY
of
EDMUND RUDOLF ANDERSON
KARL H. DAUBER
WALTER E. ERICKSON
JAMES JOHN POMETTA
DAVID ALLEN RICHIE
ARTHUR ROOD
CHRIS CONDARE
WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE WORLD WAR
ERECTED IN 1925 BY THE BENICIA POST NO.101, AMERICAN LEGION, MAY 30TH, 1925.
The inscriptions on this memorial read:
Erected to
those from Fayette County
who served their country
in the World War
Dedicated Nov. 11, 1927
1917 • Fayette’s Sons — They Gave Their All • 1918
George W. Allen • Ralph Barlett • Jennings Bland • Harry H. Brown • Wilmer H. Brown • John Burke • Owen Caplinger • Ralph Chilcote • Will Denney • Ray Archie Dixon • Clarence Downer • Addison Funk • Ray B. Hamm • Arley Griffith • Clarence Hard • Fred Backenstoe Hillery • Paul H. Hughey • Walter W. Huchison • Cash Knisley • Loren Koontz • Henry Larkin • Charles A. Lones
Carl Lloyd • Werter Mann • Clarence Maxwell • Donald Michael • Homer Perdue • Fred Sammons • Frank Skyles • Russell McKinley Smith • Howard A. Sommers • Howard Spence • Wesley Sword • Earl Thomas • Amos Thornton Jr. • Mallie Vance • Ray Vanniman • Fred C. Walls • Glenn Whaley • Buryl Williams • John Williams • Pearl Williamson • Herbert Wills • Lester Woodruff
Dedicated with ceremonies, May 27th 1919, to the brave boys of Fayette County who served in the World War
The inscription on this memorial reads:
ERECTED BY THE CITIZENS OF TORONTO AND VICINITY IN HONOR OF THE MEN OF THIS COMMUNITY WHO ANSWERED THE CALL OF THEIR COUNTRY IN THE WORLD WAR
The inscription on this memorial reads:
ERECTED 1920 BY THE VIRGINIA HOT SPRINGS COMPANY COMMEMORATING THE PLANTING OF TREES ALONG THIS BOULEVARD. A MEMORIAL OF PATRIOTISM AND A TRIBUTE OF HONOR TO THE EMPLOYEES OF THIS COMPANY AND THE MEN OF BATH COUNTY WHO IN 1917 AND 1918 SERVED IN THE ARMY AND NAVY OF OUR COUNTRY IN THE WORLD WAR. EVEN UNTO DEATH THEIR NAME LIVETH FOREVERMORE.
Presented to the City of Two Harbors by the Oscar Anderson Post No. 109,
the American Legion, September 1929.
This 250 mm German Minenwerfer howitzer was captured by the Americans in World War I at St. Mihiel, France, September 16, 1918.
This WWI German cannon was presented to the City of Two Harbors in 1929 by the American Legion.
The community of Two Harbors and Lake County have always maintained close relations with its military veterans. Anderson Claffy Post #109 of the American Legion has been contributing to this community since it was organized in 1919. The post was organized honoring the name of Two Harbors native Oscar Anderson who was lost in action at Ypres, France in 1917. The Charter was amended in 1945 to honor the memory of Charles Claffy a sailor lost off the Bataan Peninsula in 1941.
The inscription on this memorial reads:
1917 • 1918
That freedom, law and justice
might be established thruout the Earth
This monument is erected in honor of the men of Hanska and vicinity who answered their country's call in the World War.
Oscar O. Haugen • John Thordson • Willie Bakken • Elmer Grotta • Lars Melheim • John Helget
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William Greenholz • Theodore N. R. Berge • Wilhelm Johnson • Stanley Anderson • Joseph Bottom • Elvin G. Helling • Albert Vaage • Emil Sletta • Hans Vegum
Erected by the American Legion and the American Legion Auxiliary.
Front inscription:
Erected 1927 by Horse-Shoe Robertson Chapter Daughters of the American Revolution in tender memory of Clay County World War Veterans.
West Point Army Officers:
Navy - Marine
[List of names]
Clay County Army Officers:
[List of names]
Navy
Supreme sacrifice men of West Point and Clay County:
[List of names]
Left side:
The Horse Shoe Robertson Chapter Daughters of the American Revolution wish to go on record as deeply grateful to the World War veterans for service rendered.
[List of chapter member names]
Rear inscription:
West Point, Miss. & Clay County
Army, Navy & Marines
[List of names]
Right side:
Clay County Army, Navy & Marines
[continuation of names]