Great World War Monument - Hampden, MA
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N 42° 03.838 W 072° 24.792
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The Hampden World War I Monument is located on Main Street near the junction with North Street in the center of Hampden, MA
Waymark Code: WMFMV7
Location: Massachusetts, United States
Date Posted: 11/05/2012
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An 8' high gray granite statue of an American World War I soldier stands on top of a 12' high gray granite base. The soldier is standing at parade rest with his hands on the barrel of his rifle, right over left. he is wearing a winter uniform with hat, long overcoat and boots.
The ornate square base tapers and is topped with a circular column decorated with garlands. A dedication appears on the brown granite panel on the front of the base and the names of the citizens of Hampden who served during World War I are inscribed on brown granite panels on the other three sides of the base. The entire monument rests on three levels of granite blocks. The monument was commissioned in 1919 and sculpted by Enzio de Santis.
Around each side of the base are the names of the World War I battles:
ARGONNE
ST. MIHIEL
SOISSONS
CHATEAU THIERRY
The front panel is inscribed:
IN HONOR OF
THE MEN OF HAMPDEN
WHO SERVED IN THE GREAT
WORLD WAR THAT THE IDEALS
OF LIBERTY AND JUSTICE
MIGHT BE PERPETUARATE. THIS
MONUMENT IS GRATEFULLY
DEDICATED AS A MEMORIAL
TO THEIR UNSELFISHNESS AND
PATRIOTIC SERVICE
APR. 1917 - NOV. 1918
ERECTED
CHARLES H. BURLEIGH
IN MEMORY OF HIS WIFE
ADELAIDE BURLEIGH
AND HIS SISTER
ESTHER C. BURLEIGH
1919
First Names Panel:
ROBERT D. BALLARD
CLIFFORD A. BRADWAY
BENJAMIN H. BROWN
RAYMOND H. BURLEIGH
FRANK S. CLARK
HENRY DEYS
RAYMOND W. DUYLEA
* FRANCIS T. GUNTHER
* DECEASED
Second Name Panel:
RALPH F. HEREDEEN
RUSSELL E. KIBBE
FRED W. LEACH
RALPH D. LYONS
AMOS A. MERRILL
GEORGE B. NEWCOMB
JESSE F. PEASE
WILLIAM L. PONNER
Third Names Panel:
ROLAND P. PRICKETT
WILLIAM G. ROGERS
FREDERICK C. SAMPLE
GEORGE C. SCHEUFLER
* CHARLES D. SOPER
MYRON H. SOPER
RALPH W. STACY
* ALBERT S. WEEKS
* DECEASED