Paducah World War I Memorial - Paducah, Kentucky
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N 37° 05.139 W 088° 37.273
16S E 355907 N 4105603
World War I memorial in Oak Grove Cemetery in Paducah, Kentucky.
Waymark Code: WM6CGF
Location: Kentucky, United States
Date Posted: 05/13/2009
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Commemorates the soldiers and sailors who died in World War I. Monument was erected and dedicated by Paduke Post 31 of the American Legion. The City of Paducah appropriated $1,950 for the monument and burial grounds, with matching funds appropriated by the McCracken County Fiscal Court. The monument is of a design by sculptor John Paulding, was cast by the American Bronze Company, and erected by the Beasley Monument Company.
The monument is inscribed as follows
1928
Erected and Dedicated
By The
American Legion
To Our Comrades Of
The World War
Who Sleep The Long Sleep
County of McCracken
W.A. Middleton
County Judge
Ben Weille
W.H. Covington
D.H. Riley
Commissioners and Co-Erectors
City of Paducah
Ernest Lackey
Mayor
SGT. George A. Hannin
PVT. Jack W. Nelson
Ross Rutter
E.R. Bradshaw
Commissioners and Co-Erectors
When To The Last Assault Our Bugles
Blow: Reckless Of Pain and Peril We
Shall Go. Heads High and Hearts
Aflame and Bayonets Bare, And We
Shall Brave Eternity As Though Eyes
Looked On Us In Which We Would
Seem Fair.