Memorial Park
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Markerman62
N 30° 40.670 W 088° 04.898
16R E 396392 N 3394397
Located on Government Street at Houston Street, Mobile
Waymark Code: WM11VNB
Location: Alabama, United States
Date Posted: 12/23/2019
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Side 1
Dedicated on March 21, 1926, near what was then the western city limits of Mobile, the park made possible by the Mothers' Army and Navy League, a volunteer women's group organized in the city during the Great War. Fundraising for Memorial Park began 11 days after war's end. Government Street trolleys used the short streets surrounding the park to circle back towards downtown. The area around Memorial Park was referred to as "the Loop," a moniker which persisted through much of the century even as the city expanded westward.
Designed by local architect George B. Rogers, the park's monument is made of Sylacauga marble and displays the names of 63 soldiers and sailors from the Mobile region who died during the war. The League raised more than $20,000 for the memorial, primarily through subscriptions purchased by the family and friends of the men listed on the bronze plaques. The names of 53 additional wartime casualties, black and white, were not included on the original memorial. An ordinance protecting the site established it as Mobile's exclusive memorial to the Great War.
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Side 2
The following were the names of soldiers and sailors from the Mobile area who died during the war which were not included in the original memorial:
Banks, Charlie
Branson, Bascomb Newton
Brown, Carter M.
Bush, Sim
Chestang, Lee J.
Childs, William G.
Coleman, Dennis
Coronas, Peter M.
Crawford, Carl B.
Creel, John W.
Dailey, George
Daw, Denley
Dumas, William
Durham, Maxwell L.
Gailyard, Leonard
Gibson, Johny
Gilbreath, Walter P.
Grubb, Everett J.
Hanson, Carl
Henderson, Lewis
Hunter, Charles Leonard
Hunter, Willie
Jackson, Ervin
Jones, Coleman
Jones, Richard
Jones, Thomas
Junius, Gabe
Keenum, Hugn R.
Kirk, Bozzie
Liepf, Robert L.
Lloyd, Joe
McCullum, Leonard, F.
McNair, Cleveland
Matthews, George
Mayson, Robert D.C.
Moore, William C.
Poe, Arthur
Rembert, Armstead
Singleton, Harry
Smith, George
Smith, Wilson
Thomas, George
Thomas, Ike
Turner, Marion
Vamboras, Frank
Westry, Willie
Wilkins, Frank Thomas
Williams, Frank
Williams, George
Williams, James
Williams, Jms.
Williams, Jeremiah M.
Williams, Phillip
Marker Name: Memorial Park
Marker Type: Urban
Addtional Information::
Alabama Historical Association
Date Dedicated / Placed: 2017
Marker Number: Not listed
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