Wounded Veterans Monument - Webster, MA
Posted by: neoc1
N 42° 02.993 W 071° 52.800
19T E 261661 N 4659328
A monument dedicated to all wounded war veterans is located in the Court of Honor by the Town Hall in Webster, MA
Waymark Code: WMFTWZ
Location: Massachusetts, United States
Date Posted: 12/01/2012
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A 4' high by 4' wide red granite monument rests on a plinth and marble base. The monument has an unpolished beveled top containing a dedication to wounded veterans. The face is polished around three unpolished rectangles that contain inscriptions. The plinth is unpolished and contains six insignias.
The beveled top of the monument has the dedication:
DEDICATED TO ALL MEN AND WOMEN
WOUNDED IN ALL WARS
The left side of the face of the monument contains a purple, gold and green image of the Purple Heart medal with the inscription, in an oval around the medal:
MILITARY ORDER OF THE PURPLE HEART
1782 - 1932
In a three sides of a square around the medal:
COMBAT WOUNDED VETERANS
To the right of the medal is inscribed:
MY STONE IS RED FOR
THE BLOOD THEY SHED
THE MEDAL I BEAR
IS MY COUNTRY'S WAY
TO SHOW THEY CARE
IF I COULD BE SEEN
BY ALL MANKIND
MAYBE PEACE WILL
COME IN MY LIFETIME
Across the bottom is the inscription:
ERECTED BY DEPT OF MASSACHUSETTS
MILITARY ORDER OF THE PURPLE HEART
At the base of the monument art the insignias of the six branches of the armed forces:
ARMY - NAVY - MARINES - AIR FORCE - COAST GUARD - MERCHANT MARINES