War Memorial - College Park, Maryland - Non-Specific Veteran Memorials on Waymarking.com

Military members from the area of College Park, Maryland, who were killed in action are honored with a spiraling walkway war monument at the corner of Baltimore Avenue and Greenbelt Road.

Concentric low walls feature the engraved words Honor, Courage, Sacrifice, and Service facing outward to the streets. Four flag poles form a north-south line down the east side. Cast bronze plaques are embedded within the northeast interior face of the uppermost wall section. A round plate-sized medallion in the middle displays the city seal. To it's far left, a recognition of those lost during The Great War:

IN MEMORY OF
THE MEN IN THIS AREA
WHO MADE THE SUPREME SACRIFICE
WHILE SERVING THE ARMED FORCES
OF WORLD WAR I
* * * * *
PIERCE C. STEVENS
HERBERT J. WHITE
EDWARD H. FLETCHER
HERBERT MCMAUSLAND

To the city seal's immediate left, The Second World War:

IN MEMORY OF
THE MEN IN THIS AREA
WHO MADE THE SUPREME SACRIFICE
WHILE SERVING IN THE ARMED FORCES
OF WORLD WAR II
* * * * *
THOMAS BEARDSLEY
ROBERT AITCHESON
JOHN KLEINER
CONNIE MIDKIFF
PAUL EUGENE PHILLIPS

To the city seal's immediate right, the dedication:

THIS MEMORIAL IS DEDICATED
TO THE MEN AND WOMEN
OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
- VETERANS AND VOLUNTEERS -
WHO GAVE OF THEMSELVES
SO THAT THE PRINCIPLES OF
JUSTICE, FREEDOM, AND DEMOCRACY
MIGHT BE PRESERVED
30 MAY 1993

To the city seal's far right, the Vietnam Conflict:

IN MEMORY OF
THE MEN IN THIS AREA
WHO MADE THE SUPREME SACRIFICE
WHILE SERVING THE ARMED FORCES
OF VIETNAM WAR
* * * * *
PAUL ROBERT ANZELONE
LIONEL TIMOTHY CLOVER
PAUL ANTHONY CUMBERLAND
JOSEPH F. MCDERMOTT III
JAMES EGBERT DICKERSON
WESLEY RICE MOORE
WAYNE ALAN STEVENS

Type of Memorial: Multi-War Memorial Wars mentioned (Multi-war only): World War I, World War II, Vietnam War In Honor Of: THE MEN AND WOMEN OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA - VETERANS AND VOLUNTEERS Marker Text: THIS MEMORIAL IS DEDICATED TO THE MEN AND WOMEN OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA - VETERANS AND VOLUNTEERS - WHO GAVE OF THEMSELVES SO THAT THE PRINCIPLES OF JUSTICE, FREEDOM, AND DEMOCRACY MIGHT BE PRESERVED 30 MAY 1993 Date of dedication: 30 May 1993 Who Put it Here?: The City of College Park, Maryland Description of Memorial: The monument is at the corner of Baltimore Avenue and Greenbelt Road in College Park, Maryland. I came across it during a morning walk.

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