World War I Monument - Grafton MA
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nomadwillie
N 42° 10.724 W 071° 41.854
19T E 277212 N 4673144
Located on a small triangular plot along with a cannon from WWI, it was placed by the town in 1922
Waymark Code: WMP8R5
Location: Massachusetts, United States
Date Posted: 07/21/2015
Views: 2
There are three companion monument, one if North Grafton, Grafton Center and this one located in South Grafton, also known as Fisherville. It is a smooth granite egg-shaped boulder with a brongze plaque. The plague is embossed with an eagle.
In the early 1920's the town voted to "erect a suitable monument in each precinct in memory of World Wat veterans" The monument commemorates the men of Grafton who fell in the First World War.
Inscription reads:
In memory of the Grafton Boys who made the supreme sacrifice in the World War.
Alex Berard Carl Harr
J. Alfred Chapdelaine Louis J. Hitchings
Franklin S. Clark William Lamour
William J. Delisle Joseph Sampson
Alfred J. Demers Earl Stowell
George J. Gleaeau Francis Sweeney
Albert Usher
Private or Public Monument?: Government
Name of the Private Organization or Government Entity that built this Monument: Town of Grafton
Geographic Region where the Monument is located: North America
Physical Address of Monument:
Main and Elmwood
Grafton , MA
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Date the Monument or Memorial was built or dedicated: Not listed
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