Located in the heart of Riverside Park are a few memorials and plaques dedicated to men and women of various wars. Besides being a war memorial dedicated to those who lost their lives in past wars this memorial also acts as a peace memorial. It reads:
JOSEPHINE COUNTY PEACE MEMORIALHONORING the men & women of Josephine County who served their country in the wars of this century. REMEMBERING the wounded, the disabled, the MIA and POW. DEDICATED to those who lost their lives in the QUEST FOR PEACE.
WORLD WAR I 1914 - 1918
BARTLETT, EMORY
BOROUGH, JOSEPH
BOSWELL, ROBERT J.
CLOSE, STUART M.
DELLINGER, TURNER A.
GATES, RANSON N.
HAMMER, LOY E.
KITCHEN, ROY
LORENZ, PAUL L.
LOVELACE, FRED J.
MASTERS, HARRISON
MORRISON, K.M. GLENN
MURRAY, RILEY F.
PARKER, EDWARD F.
SLOAN, IVAN D.
STEVENS, EVERETT R.
STEWARD, JAMES H.
VINCENT, FRED R.
WHITE, ALLEN C.
WILSON, CHARLES R.
WORLD WAR II 1941 - 1945
ANDERSON, GAYLE A.
ANDERSON, OLAF S.
BAIRD, WILLARD E.
BALDWIN, GEORGE A.
BARNES, LLOYD E.
BARTLETT, ALLAN M.
BERNHARD, LEONARD B.
BERNHEISEL, TONY L.
BISCHOFF, JOHN R.
BLAKELY, ROBERT B.
BUCK, ELTON M.
CAMERON, ROBERT K.
CARROLL, EARL E.
COATS, MILTON E.
COOMLER, WILLIAM T.
COONS, ROBERT A.
COPLEY, JOHN K.
CORBETT, ROBERT
COTTER, JAMES M.
CRAWFORD, DAVID W.
CROCKETT, RICHARD
DAVIS, GEORGE M.
DAVIS, MALCOLM B.
DAY, WILLIAM E. JR.
DOUGHERTY, CLARENCE E. JR
EGGEN, WENDELL J.
ELDER, DOUGLAS M.
ESPY, ORVA L.
FALL, MERLE
FARLIEN, DANIEL R.
GATES, JACK E.
GENTRY, FREDERICK I.
GRAY, ELMER M.
GRAY, WALDO
GRIFFIN, LAWRENCE O.
GROVER, WILLIAM D.
HAMPSHIRE, JOHN JR.
HARDIN, DONALD G.
HARMON, CECIL
HAYDEN, JACK
HENDRICKSON, CECIL
HODGES, ROSS A.
HOWARD, ROBERT C.
HUDDLESTON, JOHN
HUSTON, CLARENCE
JACKMAN, JACK
JACKSON, FRANK N.
JENKINS, EARL
KARRER, ROY
KEEP, CECIL M.
KELLEY, JAMES B.
KIMSEY, HAROLD W.
KNUDSON, HAROLD E.
LANGSTON, GEORGE E.
LARSON, GORDON N.
LIMA, LOUIS N.
MacNEIL, CALVIN
MARSHALL, CULVER E.
MATHEWS, N. R.
MATTZ, JACK E.
McFADDEN, ELWIN J.
McLEAN, WILLIAM J. JR.
MITCHELL, MARK A.
MOAK, VERNON R.
MOOERS, T. FREDERICK
MOORE, CLAYTON L.
MOREY, M.
MUSSER, CALVIN D.
NORTON, THEODORE H.
NORVILLE, ALFRED
OSTRANDER, L. G.
OSTROM, CHARLES E.
PATTON, VERN
PETERSON, ARTHUR N.
PHINNEY, WALTER
PRICE, RICHARD H.
PROBST, DEWEY T. JR.
REED, CALVIN A.
REEDER, ROBERT W.
REID, W. K.
RETHMEYER, ROBERT
RHOADS, VINTON D.
RICHARDS, OLLIE I.
RIPPERT, JOSEPH J.
RUSSELL, DEXTER JR.
SHAWN, AUDIE R.
SMITH, IRVING R.
STOUT, ROY A.
STRANGER, WAYNE
TOLER, CHESTER P.
TROTTER, RALPH G.
TURNER, L. W.
WEBER, HENRY
WHITEHEAD, A. G.
WILDE,M RICHARD
WILSON, CLARENCE W.
WILSON, JAMES L.
WILSON, PHILLIP E.
WILTROUT, BYRON B.
WINGER, VERLE L.
WINN, ERIC
WITTERS, KENYON L.
WORLAND, GEORGE T.
WORLAND, MANUEL F.
KOREAN WAR 1950 - 1953
BURGESS, BURTON C.
FOSTER, DELMAR L.
GALARNEAU, HAROLD
HAMILTON, EUGENE W.
LAUGHLIN, WILLIAM R.
NEWICK, ARCHER
TENNEHILL, CHARLES
WILSON, JAMES W.
VIETNAM WAR 1957 - 1975M
FILLMAN, WATER C.
FLEMING, JOHN F.
HOCK, STEPHEN L.
JENSEN, WILLIAM N. JR.
JONES, CECIL L.
KARLQUIST, CHARLES G.
KESTER, ROBERT L.
MERRILL, DENNIS L.
OLSON, GROVER K.
PETERS, RODNEY W.
PRATHER, RONALD JR.
SMITH, FERROL S.
STAPLES, GREGORY J.
THOMPSON, ROBERT B.
VEST, ROBERT
PERSIAN GULF WAR 1990-91
DEDICATED JUNE 14, 1994
Committee: Esther Bristol, Bob Bean, Edna May Hill, John Reinhart, FR, Chester Shulda, Carl Wilson
Design: Tom W. Bristol, AIA Engraving & Layout: Bryan W. Schram