Fitzsimons Army Hospital WWI Medical Staff Memorial - Aurora, CO - World War I Memorials and Monuments on Waymarking.com

This WWI memorial is dedicated to the medical staff who helped hundreds of thousands during WWI. The major military medical concern during and after WWI was tuberculosis. Fitzsimons was developed to take care of tubercular patients as Colorado's dry climate greatly aided recovery from the disease. In addition, the Jewish Consumptive (as tuberculosis was called) Relief Society (which become National Jewish Respiratory Hospital) was making great medical advances in the care and treatment of tuberculosis.

The plaque features a caduceus with the text emblazoned upon that reads:

1917 1918
In Memory
of the
Officers Nurses
and Enlisted Men
of the
Medical Department
United States Army
Who Lost Their Lives
During the
World War
This Tablet is Erected
by their Coworkers of
the Medical Department

A thorough history of Fitzsimons General Hospital and Fitzsimons Army Medical Center may be found here.

Date the Monument or Memorial was built or dedicated: 01/01/1918 Private or Public Monument?: Government Name of the Private Organization or Government Entity that built this Monument: WPA Geographic Region where the Monument is located: North America Physical Address of Monument: E Montview Blvd at Tucson Aurora, CO USA Rate this waymark: Photo or photos will be uploaded.: yes Website for this Monument: Not listed

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