"Over the Top" WWI Memorial -- Llano TX
N 30° 44.964 W 098° 40.569
14R E 530997 N 3401874
A striking WWI memorial stands in a small traffic island on the Southeast corner of the Llano County Courthouse Square features a doughboy going over the top in WWI and a list of those from this community who died in that awful war
Waymark Code: WMQRQV
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 03/24/2016
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The Llano County WWI memorial combines the statue "Over the Top" by American sculptor John Paulding with three large local Llano grey granite boulders.
A plaque on the boulder reads as follows:
"In Grateful Memory of the Men From Llano County Who Made the Supreme Sacrifice In the World War 1917-1918.
[list of names]
“If Ye Break Faith With Us, We Will Not Sleep.”
Erected by The Shakespeare Club, Llano Tex."
Date the Monument or Memorial was built or dedicated: 11/11/1930
Private or Public Monument?: Private
Name of the Private Organization or Government Entity that built this Monument: The Shakespeare Club
Geographic Region where the Monument is located: North America
Website for this Monument: [Web Link]
Physical Address of Monument:
SE Corner Llano Co. Square
Main Street at W Sandstone St
Llano, TX
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