Five Armies Memorial -- Rossville Blvd/US 27, Chattanooga TN
N 35° 00.455 W 085° 17.667
16S E 655627 N 3875213
Two tall stone columns with bronze plaque dedicate this segment of Rossville Blvd/US 27 to the five armies that marched through here from the Civil War to WWII.
Waymark Code: WMWRHQ
Location: Tennessee, United States
Date Posted: 10/07/2017
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Two stone columns made of differently-sized stone bricks are almost invisible in the clutter of the unattractive intersection of E 32nd St and Rossville Blvd/Dixie Highway/US 27 in an industrial area of Chattanooga.
Each column has a plaque inset, as follows:
The plaques read as follows:
"[W side column]
Four armies have marched over this road, two opposing armies in the Civil War 1861-1865, one in the Spanish American War 1898, and the last in the World War 1917-1918.
[E side column]
To the American Soldiers who in three wars have marched along this road, the American Legion Auxiliary Davis King Summers Post No. 14 dedicates this road in loving memory.
August 1930
[supplemental plaque]
World War II 1941-1945
Summers Whiteshead Unit No. 14
October 1948"
Type of Memorial: Multi-War Memorial
Wars mentioned (Multi-war only):
Civil War
Spanish-American War
The Great War
World War II
In Honor Of: Soldiers of the 5 armies that marched down this road 1861-1945
Marker Text:
[W side column]
Four armies have marched over this road, two opposing armies in the Civil War 1861-1865, one in the Spanish American War 1898, and the last in the World War 1917-1918.
[E side column]
To the American Soldiers who in three wars have marched along this road, the American Legion Auxiliary Davis King Summers Post No. 14 dedicates this road in loving memory.
August 1930
[supplemental plaque]
World War II 1941-1945
Summers Whiteshead Unit No. 14
October 1948
Date of dedication: August 1930 and October 1948
Who Put it Here?: American Legion Auxiliary Davis King Summers Post No. 14
Description of Memorial:
Two stone columns made of differently-sized stone bricks
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