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 reads:
In memory of those who entered the
Armed Forces from the Melrose area and
served our country during World War I
Jul. 28, 1914 – Nov. 11, 1918
We will never forget
Acosta, Joseph H. • Birt, Harry W. • Chestnut, Bazzle • Daniel, Charles • Danielson, John • Ford, Frederic H. • Granger, Edmund B. • Huffman, Harry W. • Jackson, Albert • Kelly, Samuel P. • Leggins, Green • Leggins, Willie • Mack, Sidney K. • Mann, Clarence L. • McCartney, Johnson N. • Murphy, Verse • Nobles, Alex • Nobles, Walter • Richardson, Alexander C. • Thomas, Henry • Ware, Jessie
The inscription on this memorial reads:
"God Gave Us Sons:
We Gave Them To Our Country
And Our Country Gave Them
Back To God."
Officers
Crenshaw Caswell 1st Lt. F. A.
James Abel 2nd Lt. Inf.
Enlisted Men
Lewis N. Brantley
George Donaldson Griffin
Edward Theodore Hall
George Harold Myers
James Clyde Mccraven
Harry J. Newkumet
Wesley Noble
William Foster Nevell
Stewart D. Ramsauer
Laurence M. Tate
Paul Other Webb
Carey Herriott (Colored)
Charles Hargray (Colored)
This Memorial Is Erected By The
St Petersburg Chapter
Of American War Mothers
To Our Sons Who Gave Their Lives
And To All Others From St. Petersburg
Who Served Our Country
In The World War
1917 — 1918
The Veterans Memorial Park is located on property adjacent to the Medford Veterans Memorial Armory on South Pacific Highway. Within the park is a monument to veterans of World War I, erected in 1966. The inscription on the monument reads:
THE VETERANS OF WORLD WAR I
BARRACKS 540 AND AUXILIARY
DEDICATE THIS MEMORIAL TO THE MEMORY OF
THE JACKSON COUNTY MEN AND WOMEN
WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN WORLD WAR I
EACH ONE OF WHICH IS REPRESENTED BY
A TREE PLANTED IN THIS PARK
ERECTED 1966
The inscription on this memorial plaque reads:
In memory of
Henry Luckett Clapham • Ira Moser Derr • Thomas Franklin Ewers • John Chrisman Goghenour • Washington Berry Grove • Marshall Earle Martin • Wilmer Birdie Miller • Garnett Otis Nelson • Hubert Monroe Phares • Joseph Rodney Power • Thomas Christian Reinhart • William Bryan Swisher • Kenna McCarta Weber
who gave their lives for their country
★★★★★★
and in honor of
one hundred ninety seven others
of this college who rendered
service in the World War
1917 - 1919
Erected by the Senior Class of 1918, presented to Shepherd College.
The inscription on the George A. Lippi/Joseph F. Smith Memorial reads:
In Memory
of
George A. Lippi
and Joseph F. Smith
First World War
and all others who gave
their lives and have
served their country
The inscription on this memorial reads:
For Your Tomorrow They Gave Their To-day
Bror Anderson • Lewis N. Bailey • Carl G. Beck • Braxton Bigelow • E.N. Carroll • Clyde Carson • Henry Carruthers • Thomas DeGroot • Norah E. Downing • Herschel V. Edwards • Lloyd A. Ellington • W.E. Frusher • James Gearon • L. R. Sherman Gregory • Glenn C. Hampton • Hugh Harwood • Earl Hoifington • Alfred I. Hough • I.N. Kemp • Arthur G. Leeson • William J. McDonald • Roy Meyerhoff • A. Glenn Nichols • Jacob Nybeck • William E. Owens • Ture A. Paulson • Anton Pearson • James M. Potter • Austin F. Reedy • Chester Robbins • Hubert E. Roberts • Cecil R. Russell • James E. Sage • John Skala • Leon Saylor • George Sparenberg • Thomas Strick, Jr. • Clarence Sylverster • John F. Taylor • Thomas F. Whelan • Walter B. Wright • Bertram Yocum • Gus Zoellner
Erected by American War Mothers, Shoshone County Chapter - Idaho.
This inscription on this plaque reads:
HONOR ROLL
1917-1919
Dedicated as a lasting tribute to the memory of our men who served the call of their country in the World War erected by the Citizens of Silverton, Ohio
William Altemeier • Andrew Binkley • Frank L. Binkley • Oliver W. Brate • Ralph N. Brown • Clifford J. Carroll • Earl E. Dwire • William J. Dwire - William R. Gould Jr. • Ralph l. Hines • George W. Hutchinson • Frank F. Kassner * • Elmer J. Keitz • E.A. Paul Meshan • Louis H. Meyers • Carl L. Phillips • John F. Pohlman • Eugene Speyer • Albert E. Sprague • Oliver V. Steinman • Fred H. Storch • William S. Thompson • Walter B. Todd • Albert M. Wagner •
This Spirit of the American Doughboy Memorial, sculpted by E.M Viquesney, was dedicated on May 30, 1931 in Rose Hill Cemetery, where 346 veterans, including 86 from World War I, are buried. The plaque reads:
DEDICATED TO THE MEMORY
OF OUR BOYS WHO ENTERED THE
SERVICE OF THEIR COUNTRY
FROM MECHANICSVILLE, IOWA
SPONSORED BY THE AMERICAN LEGION AUXILIARY
OF BUSCH-DENNIS POST NO. 309
1931
Update June 2022: In serious need of restoration, with funds raised by the community, the statue is being restored and is expected be back on its pedestal by Veterans Day 2022.
The Nevada State Veterans Memorial, Las Vegas is a monument recognizing the service and sacrifice of Americans, especially Nevada veterans and their families. The two-acre memorial and park features 18 larger-than-life statues depicting soldiers, from the Revolutionary War to the Global War on Terror and civilians. The memorial serves as a reminder to forever honor the proud principles upon which this nation was founded, and the spirit and heroism of those who have, and will, answer the call of duty.
The Mojave Cross was erected in 1934 on Sunset Rock in the Mojave National preserve as a memory to those who were killed in action during World War I.
The memorial was closed in 2002 after court rulings declared it illegal because of separation of church and state constitutional concerns. On April 28, 2010, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled on Salazar v. Buono in a 5–4 decision that sent the case back to a lower court. The high court ruled there was no violation of the separation of church and state when Congress transferred the land surrounding the cross to a veterans group. Writing for the majority, Justice Anthony Kennedy wrote, "The goal of avoiding governmental endorsement [of religion] does not require eradication of all religious symbols in the public realm".
In April 2012, a land exchange to privatize the area -- transferring it to the Veterans of Foreign Wars -- was approved by the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California. On November 11, 2012, the cross was rededicated by local citizen Henry Sandoz in a Veterans Day ceremony.
A sliver of land along a busy highway near Watsonville holds an old memorial, dedicated on January 1, 1919. It is a grove of live oak trees, fronted by a large sandstone monolith. Embedded in the face of the monolith is a brass marker, which reads, in part:
Under the leadership of the American Legion, the people of the Pajaro Valley have dedicated this grove of remembrance in loving memory of their sons who gave their lives in the service of their country, 1917-1919.
This memorial stone includes plaques dedicated to veterans of World War I, World War II, and the Korean War. The plaque dedicated to World War I veterans reads:
Men Die O Liberty That Thou Endurs
Joseph Rebeiro - Lester Rowe - 1918 - Reuben Silva - William Sullivan
Set on the Nevada State Capitol grounds and dedicated on November 9, 2018, The Battle Born Memorial is a sanctuary where the stories of Nevada's heroes’ can be shared and remembered. Etched for eternity, the monument bears the name of every fallen warrior from the Silver State as an everlasting memorial to their service and ultimate sacrifice.
This little-known World War I Memorial, located on the northeast side of the intersection of Soquel Drive and Freedom Blvd, was dedicated on Christmas 1923 by the Daughters of the American Revolution to the fallen men and women of Santa Cruz County of that war. The plaque reads:
IN MEMORY OF
THE SONS AND DAUGHTERS OF
SANTA CRUZ COUNTY
WHO PERISHED IN THE
1914 WORLD WAR 1918
ERECTED BY THE
SANTA CRUZ CHAPTER
D.A.R.
CHRISTMAS 1929
In 2018, on the 100th anniversary of the Armistice, the Cabrillo Host Lions Club volunteered to clean up the memorial (see pictures gallery) and has been meeting to conduct regular maintenance in the years since.
Memorial Stadium was built in 1923 to honor University of Illinois men and women who gave their lives serving in World War I. There are a total of 200 columns on the east and west sides of the stadium. 183 columns display one name of a University of Illinois student that lost their lives in the first war (182 men and 1 woman). In addition, carved stone panels were placed on the facility's exterior to commemorate the war and to honor athletic achievements. In 2002, the stadium dedication was extended to those who died in World War II. The stadium was officially dedicated on October 18, 1924, on which the university football team played a homecoming game against the University of Michigan. On way to a 39–14 Illini victory, Red Grange scored five touchdowns in one of the greatest single-game performances in football history.
Aurora’s New York Street Bridge, constructed in 1931 and spanning the Fox River, is dedicated as a tribute to the brave soldiers who fought in World War I. The bridge features six ornamental elements - four hooded “Memory” sculptures, a statue celebrating “Victory,” and the Branches of Service Plaque, a large bronze relief representing the three branches of the armed services at the time of WWI. At the center of the bridge there are two outlooks with bronze and limestone memorials. On the north side stands a 12-foot bronze statue of the Messenger Goddess Victory on top of a 10-foot limestone base. The bridge was recently restored, with a grant from Landmarks Illinois, to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the United States' entry into World War 1.