The Great War of Nations Memorial - Rolla, MO
Posted by: YoSam.
N 37° 56.460 W 091° 46.269
15S E 607978 N 4199980
Monument originally in a roadside turnout, now in City Cemetery.
Waymark Code: WM4Y19
Location: Missouri, United States
Date Posted: 10/12/2008
Views: 17
Monument Originally Erected by: The Loyal People of Phelps Co. under the supervision of Noah Coleman Chapter D.A.R.
Restoration 1986: By the DAR and VFW Post 2025
1995 Restoration: Albert Johns, V.F.W. Post 2025 and American Legion Post #270
This monument originally was on a US highway, in a roadside turnout, at the southern limits of Rolla. The 1986 restoration was at that location. The 1995 restoration moved it the a safer and more accessible location within the city cemetery. The cemetery is not fenced and access is always possible within one hour before sunrise to one hour after sunset.
Monument text for the Original is unknown.
Monument Text for 1986 Restoration:
DEDICATED
By the Daughters of
The American Revolution
Rolla Missouri
To the Men From
Phelps County
Who Gave Their Last Full
Measure of Devotion
Virgil A. Faulkner, Frances A. Garmack, John Wiedeman, Herman Lupberger, William H. Crolley, Don Mitchell, Albert Eickman, Robert L. Price, James A. Hyatt, Lindsey Lanning, Morris Thomas, Walter Splith, William Allen, Charles Arthur, Homer Reed, Lewis Simms, Ellas Barnical, Emil H. Hoffman, Hugh W. Finley, Oscar Bailey, Issac A. Bridgeman.
1914 ----- 1918
1986Restored by the DAR and VFW Post 2025 in honor of the men and women who made the supreme sacrifice in defense of our great Republic in a time of peril.
1995 Restoration added these two shield plaques on the far left and right of the Monument:
Left:
In
APPRECIATION
of the
PATRIOTIC LOYALTY
of the men
from Phelps County
who offered their lives
in humanity's defense
in the Great War
of the Nations
1914- 1918.Right:
Presented
IN MEMORY OF
The men who
offered their lives
in freedom's cause
in the
War of the Rebellion
1861 - 1865
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Spanish American War
1898