Memorials
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September 26, 2013 post by the original Great Memories and History of Fort Wayne, Indiana page on Facebook:
September 28, 1918 a wooden memorial on the northeast corner of Berry and Calhoun Streets.
- November 11, 1924 GE World War I Memorial Monument dedication.
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May 30, 2022 post by Electric Works on Facebook:
An original memorial on the Electric Works campus is dedicated to the selfless sacrifice of those who gave their lives in defense of our country in World War I — 748 men and women from the Works went into military service during WW1. Six lost their lives.
The memorial once sat at the SW corner of Broadway and Wall Street, before the Works expanded to the west side of Broadway. Now, the monument is located in McCulloch Park and lists employees of the Fort Wayne Works General Electric Company who served in WW1.
This Memorial Day, we honor our nation's heroes. “We don’t know them all, but we owe them all.”
- General Electric Company Donates WWI Memorial to City is discussed on the City of Fort Wayne Parks & Recreation website.
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Daniel Baker Uploaded on April 10, 2014 on flickr.com
"Matter of time...."
A memorial for WWI veterans in McColloch Park, Fort Wayne. The cast iron monument sat for almost 90 years in a little yard next to the GE complex, protected by an 8 foot iron fence. As GE's future in town was accepted as never coming back, it was moved to the center of the park.
Now the GE complex is being gutted for a future unknown. Consequently, the memorial is open season to vandalism such as the Sony television laying smashed at its base.
Inscription:
TO THE MEN
OF THE FORT WAYNE WORKS
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY WHO
SERVED IN THE WORLD WAR 1914-1918
THIS MEMORIAL WAS ERECTED BY THEIR FELLOW EMPLOYEES
NOV. 11, 1924 -
March 24, 2015 post by Daniel Baker posted his photo and a list of names on his GE's Monument to its WWI veterans on flickr (front of 4 sided monument)
TO THE MEN OF THE FORT WAYNE WORKS GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY WHO SERVED IN THE WORLD WAR 1914-1918 THIS MEMORIAL WAS ERECTED BY THEIR FELLOW EMPLOYEES, NOV. 11, 1924 ________________
*THESE MADE THE SUPREME SACRIFICE
*ADAMS, HAROLD T., *HIBBENS, WALTER L., *HILGEMAN, WILLIAM R., *MAXSON, ROY, *SLENTZ, DANIEL R., *WOODS, CLEO M.
ROLL OF HONOR
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ACKLEMAN, H. A., ADAMS, FRANK S., AHEARN, JOHN, ALLEN, E. J., ALLEN, LLOYD H., ALTERKRUSE, WILLIAM, ARCHER, LLOYD, ARCHBALD, F., ARCHIBALD, OWEN, ARNOLD, CLYDE C., ASHER, VIRGIL C., ASHLOCK, GEORGE W., ATWATER, E. E., AUER, CHARLES J., AUTH, EDMOND L., AXT, AUGUST J., BAADE, ERIC A., BAIR, E. A., BAKER, ELRY, BANDT, EDWARD, BANGERT, ROBERT J., BARBIER, ROLAND D., BARNES, HARRY, BARNETT, FRANK, BARROWS, IRA C., BARTELL, ROBERT R., BARTELLO, FRANCIS O., BARTELS, CARL H., BARTH, GEORGE, BASHARA, GEORGE R., BAUER, GEORGE, BAUER, WILLIAM E.
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BAUERLE, HOWARD J., BAUGHMAN, CLARENCE, BAUGHMAN, GAIL, BAUMGARDNER, A. M., BAUMGARTNER, ERNEST, BEAL, ROY B., BECKER, WALTER H., BENDER, CHARLES M., BENDER, JESSE R., BENGS, ERWIN H., BENTLEY, FRANK, BENTZ, ROY H., BERGER, NOAH L., BEUCHEL, GEORGE, BEUCHEL, HENRY, BILTZ, CLARENCE, BIRD, JAMES R., BIRKENBEUL, HENRY, BLAKE, VICTOR, BLEM, LESTER L., BLESSING, ROY, BLOMBERG, WALTER G., BLOUGH, HARRY, BOARD, WILLIAM, BOCK, WILMER, BOESE, ALBERT, BOROFF, HERBERT R., BOULOS, NICK, BOURNE, ROBERT O., BOWERS, JOHN W., BOWERSOX, JAMES J., BOYSELL, HARMON, BRADLEY, DEWEY
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BRADLEY, H. C., BRADMUELLER, ADOLPH, BRADY, THOMAS J., BRAKE, LAWRENCE, BRAUN, ANDREW J., BRAUN, CHARLES F., BRAUN, HERBERT C., BRAUN, OTTO H., BRAUN, ROBERT P., BREIMEIER, OTTO W., BROOKS, E. A., BROWN, ARTHUR M., BROWN, A. R., BROWN, LOUIS B., BROWN, MITCHELL Z., BROWN, WILLIAM J., BRUECKER, JOHN, BRUECKNER, M. O., BRUEGGEMAN, H. W., BRUNSON, CARL L., BUCK, HERBERT A., BUCK, ARTHUR I., BUDD, H. B., BUELL, CHAUNCEY C., BURNS, JAMES, BURNS, ROBERT A., BURNS, STEPHEN E., BURT, PAUL, BUSCHE, ERNEST, BUSHING, W. C. E, BUTLER, JOHN J., CAIN, LEVERETTE L., CANNON, TIMOTHY S.
(column 4), CARMER, VERN, CARNEY, DON C., CARTEAUX, JULIUS, CASHDOLLAR, LEO N., CASNER, A. C., CHANEY, HUGH E., CHRISTEN, A., CHURCH, LE ROY, CLARK, HIRAM L., CLARK, JEWEL R., CLARK, M. E., CLAYTON, HARLAN H., CLIFFORD, GEORGE, CODDINGTON, CARL, COFFELT, CARL, COLE, LOVELL B., COLVIN, HARLIND D., CONTURE, EDMUND, COOK, HARLO C., COOK, JOSEPH D., COOK, WAYNE M., CORLL, RUBE D., COUGHLIN, CHARLES G., COVERSTONE, A., CRAIG, ELLSWORTH, CRICKMORE, FRED, CROMER, ROBERT S., CROYLE, C. L., CULLEN, L. L., CULVER, CLAYTON, DAILEY, GEORGE, DAILEY, L. W.
(right side), ROLL OF HONOR
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DALEY, NEIL, DANNENFELSER, IRVIN, DAUGHETY, JOHN C., DECK, THEODORE, DEGITZ, CLARENCE, DEHNER, JOE, DELEGRANGE, C., DENNISON, HAROLD, DEPEW, ELMER A., DICKE, F. W., DICKMEYER, EDWARD, DIDIER, CLARENCE, DIDIER, FAY, DIDIER, LEO F., DIDIER, RALPH J., DIFFENDORFER, THOMAS, DOEHLA, G. J., DOHREN, C., DONNELLY, G. S., DOYLE, E. P., DRIFTMEYER, H. L., DRUCE, A. F., DRUHOT, F. J., DRUHOT, R. J., DUNTEN, LESLIE M., DUNTEN, RUSSEL, EALING, EARL, EARL, BURWELL, EBERWINE, A. C., EDSALL, CLARENCE, EDSON, R. W., EDWARDS, LYNN, EGGEMAN, R. C., EHINGER, N. F., EHREMFORT, WILLIAM, ERMAN, E. C., EILER, C. K., ELDER, CARROL, ELDER, LEO, EMRICK, RALPH, ENSCH, L. S., EPPLE, H. G., ERDMAN, G. W., ERICKSON, EDWARD, ERICKSON, L. A., ERNE, HARLO, ESTEP, DEWEY EVARD, CLARENCE, EVERSOLE, A. H., FAULKNER, J. F., FAULKNER, S. M.
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FEASER, HARRY, FELL, W. J. B., FEUCHTER, FRED, FIREHAMMER, P. B., FIRTH, FRANK, FISHBACK, J. R., FITCH, F. W., FLAIG, FRANK, FLAIG, W. H., FLEMING, WALTER, FOELLINGER, F. M., FOERSTER, G. D., FOLEY, E. C., FORTNEY, GLEN, FOSNAUGH, HOMER, FOSTER, GEORGE, FOSTER, O. F., FOULKS, C. E., FOULKS, NORMAN, FOX, C. R., FOX, O. A., FRANCE, E. W., FRANK, C. B., FRAZIER, ELLIS, FRETZ, E. F., FREY, R. A., FRIES, C. G., FUCHSHUBER, CHARLES, GALLOGLY, C. W., GARDT, ELMER, GARNER, GILFORD, GASKILL, E. V., GEAKE, SAM, GEHRIG, T. V., GEORGE, J. P., GERHARD, F. W., GERKE, C. H., GILBERT, CHARLES, GINGHER, VERN, GLANCY, CLINTON, GOEGLEIN, J., GOETZ, LEO H., GOILLET, CHARLES, GOLDEN, W. J., GOOLEY, HOWARD, GORDEN, RAY, GRABNER, CLEM, GRABNER, WILLIAM, GRAGE, H. F.
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GRANGER, M. R., GRATTS, M. W., GRAUE, G. H., GRAY, R., GREEK, CLEO G., GREEN, J. C., GREIDER, J. E., GRIFFON, LLOYD, GROSSMAN, HENRY, GROTE, G., GRUBB, GLENN, GRUBER, EARL, GRUBER, ROY, HAAG, HERBERT, HAGEMAN, R. C., HAIFLEY, L. H., HALEY, DAN, HALL, L. H., HALLEFELDT, A. W., HAMBROCK, C. F., HAMER, W. R., HAMILTON, E. D., HAMRICK, CHALMER, HANAGAN, A., HANDY, FLOYD, HARD, RONALD, HARDY, GEORGE, HARRINGTON, LOWELL, HARRIS, C. C., HARRIS, C. E., HARRISON, B. H., HART, JOE, HARTMAN, J. J., HATFIELD, CLARENCE, HATTERY, J. S., HAUCK, CARL, HAWKINS, H. H., HAWORTH, J. G., HAYES, W. A., HAZEN, W. A., HECKMAN, E. C., HEIM, W. L., HEIN, V. L., HEINE, H. F., HEINE, LESTER, HEINGARTNER, MARTIN, HEISER, MARSHALL, HEISLER, LLOYD HEIT, W. G., HELLER, MERLAND, HENDERSON, ESTA
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HENDERSON, W. J., HENKEL, R. A., HENLINE, S. G., HENRY, CARNEY, HENRY, J. E., HENSCHEN, GEORGE, HERBER, F. M., HERR, CHARLES, HESSINGER, GEORGE, HIGGENS, O. E., HIGHLEN, C. E., HILDEBRAND, THOMAS, HILLE, R. W., HILLS, CLARENCE, HINDMAN, ROSS, HINES, E. F., HINES, L. G., HINGA, JOHN, HIRTH, R. G., HITZFIELD, OTTO, HIXON, A. E., HLAVA, A. V., HOBEN, EDWARD, HODELL, L. D., HOGLUND, H. G., HOLLIDAY, F. M., HOMRIGHOUSE, L. E., HOPPE, E. C., HORMAN, A. H., HORN, BERNARD, HORN, OMAR, HORNER, GEORGE, HOUCK, J. F., HOUSER, S., HOWE, W. W., HUDSON, C. E., HUEBER, CLARENCE, HUGGLES, ALFRED, HUGHES, HOWARD, HUGHES, J., HUGUENARD, C. A., HUNTING, H. S., HUTH, HERBERT, ISLAND, LOUIS, JACKSON, EVERETT, JACQUAY, FRANK, JAMES, J. L., JEFFERS, L. P., JENKINS, HOWARD, JENSEN, ADOLPH, JENSEN, WILLIAM
(back side), ROLL OF HONOR
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JOHNSON, C. F., JOLLY, J. J., JONES, K. K., JORDAN, CHARLES, JUENGEL, THEODORE, KABISCH, R. R., KALLMEYER, JOSEPH, KAMMEYER, RICHARD, KAPP, RALPH, KEARNS, H. F., KEEGAN, K. M., KELLER, J. S., KELLY, R. J., KEMMETER, BERNARD, KEMMETER, L. F., KENNEY, RAYMOND, KENT, WALTER, KEPLINGER, D. H., KESSLER, F. A., KIMBLE, MARTIN, KINDER, CLARENCE, KING, W. C., KINGSBURY, W. S., KINZY, A. E., KIRKPATRICK, C. P., KLEEMEYER, C., KLEINT, H. S., KLINE, J. H., KLINE, KEARNEY, KLINGENBERGER, L. J., KLOPFENSTEIN, RUFUS, KNIGHT, CLARENCE, KNIGHT, H. S., KOENIG, W. F., KORTE, FLORIAN, KOSTER, H. T., KRAMER, ANTHONY, KREAGER, DEWEY, KREIGH, E. D., KRING, V. F., KRUSE, C. E., KRUSE, W. B., KUNER, RUPERT, KUTTNER, L. W., LACEY, W. H., LALLAK, JOHN, LAMBOLEY, H. T. LAMONT, HARRY, LANGE, HARMAN, LANGENDERFER, M. J.
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LANGSTON, C. C., LARENITIS, L. P., LARSON, CHARLES, LASH, EDWIN, LEE, A. W., LEIDOLF, R. A., LEVANDOWSKY, STANLEY, LEWIS, A. D., LINDEMUTH, MAURICE, LINEMEIER, H. H., LOCKE, C. D., LOCKER, W. W., LOPSHIRE, R. C., LOTZ, HERMAN, LUEHR, HENRY, LULEY, L. W., MABREY, AUSTIN, MACKE, F. E., MARDO, FRANK, MARKS, HAROLD, MARTIN, E. H., MASON, H. T., MATHEWS, E. W., MATTSON, RUSSEL, MEEHAN, THOMAS, MEEKER, H. C., MELTON, E. L., MENEWISH, CARL, MENEWISH, EDWARD, MEO, NICK, MERCHANT, D. W., MERTON, E. J., METCALF, J. L., METCALFE, HOWARD, MEYER, C. H., MEYER, E. F., MEYER, E. L., MEYER, O. J., MEYNORSKI, STANLEY, MIDDENDORF, G. F., MILES, F., MILLER, A. D., MILLER, CLEMENT, MILLER, G. H., MILLER, GUY, MILLER, H. R., MILLER, IVAN, MILLER, J. E., JR., MILLER, K., MILLER, RALPH, MILLER, WALTER
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MILLER, W. A., MILLER, W. R., MILLS, D. G., MILLS, J. I., MILWARD, ERNEST, MINNICH, CLARENCE, MINNICH, S. C., MISCHO, VICTOR, MITCHELL, BRYAN, MITTEN, G. R., MOEHLENBRUCK, HENRY, MOFFETT, CHARLES, MOGALLE, M. L., MOLL, C. S., MOMPER, J. G., MONAHAN, A. W., MONAHAN, FRANK, MONROE, F. E., MOORE, G., MORROW, WILBER, MOSER, JESS, MOTTER, B., MOTTER, RAYMOND, MOWERY, G. H., MUCKLEY, KING, MUGG, C. C., MULLINS, P., MUNSON, C. W., MYERS, D. S., MYERS, L. S., MCCARTHY, HARRY, MCCARTHY, LAWRENCE, MCDANIEL, K. L., MCDEVITT, LEE, MCKENZIE, LINUS, MCMAKEN, JOSEPH, MCMULLEN, L. J., MCNEE, L. W., MCNUTT, COVIS, NACE, JOHN, NAGEL, FRED, NAHRWOLD, G. E., NEIMEYER, WALTER, NEUKAM, HENRY, NEUKAM, OTTO, NICHTER, CLARENCE, NICHTER, H. F., NITZ, W. C., NOONAN, FORDYCE, NOYES, CLEON, NULL, CHARLES
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NYBOER, L. J., NYBOER, SYLVESTER, NYCUM, R. J., OBELSON, P., OBER, CLAUD, OBERLIN, G. E., O'BRIEN, T. R., OCHSTEIN, ISAAC, OEHMIG, EDWARD, OERTEL, H. C., O'NEAL, E. D., ORMISTON, CARL, ORMISTON, ROE, ORR, HOWARD W. OSTROWSKI, J. S., OSWALD, G. J., PADDOCK, L. B., PAPPERT, C. L., PARISOT, ROYAL, PARKER, C. U., PARKER, J. R., PARNIN, ROSS, PAYNE, W. A., PAYTON, M. J., PECK, HAROLD, PERSING, E., PIEPENBRINK, C. E., PIEPENBRINK, EDWARD, PLACE, MERVINE, PLATT, HERSCHEL, PLUMMER, J. A., PLUMMER, F. A., POPE, ROY, POTTER, D. E., POWELL, ALVIN, PRANCE, HENRY, PRESSLER, R. B., PRESSNALL, D. D., PRINE, ERNEST, PUMPHREY, JOHN, QUILLINAN, EDWIN, RADEMACKER, RICHARD, RARICK, J. E., REASONER, BERT, REED, C. R., REED, HOWARD, REHLING, C. P., REILLY, V. P. RHAMY, LISLE, RICHET, CHESTER, RIDLEY, ARTHUR
(left side), ROLL OF HONOR
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RIESEN, HARVEY, RILEY, E. V., RINEHARDT, D. C., ROBINSON, W. B., ROCKHILL, V. S., RODENBERG, A. H., RODMAN, RICHARD, ROE, H. S., ROEGER, R. C., ROESENER, H. C., ROGERS, O. R., RONDOT, GLENN, ROOT, GLEN, ROSENCRANCE, J. L., ROSS, FRANK K., ROTH, DAVID, ROWLEY, DAVID, ROY, WALTER, ROYCE, H. D., RUCH, B. K., RUFNER, WILLIAM, RULU, DON C., RUNYAN, G. D., RYAN, RAY M., SABO, JOHN, SANGER, JOE, SAUER, LOUIS, SAURBAUGH, C. L., SCHAAF, F. W., SCHAEFFER, G. D., SCHIEMAN, H. L., SCHMIDT, C. W., SCHMOE, F. E., SCHNURR, EDWARD, SCHOEFF, P. D., SCHREIBER, E. J., SCHUH, W. E., SCHULTZ, ADOLPH, SCHULTZ, C. C., SCHUST, W. G., SCHUSTES, GERHARD, SCHWARTZ, HAROLD, SCHWARTZ, L. F., SCHWARZ, C. R., SELBY, GEORGE, SESSFORD, C. E., SHEEHAN, CHARLES SHEETS, CLAYTON SHELLEY, DALE, SHIDLER, C. D., SHIREY, ELMER
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SHIVERS, GEORGE, SHONDELL, HOWARD, SHOW, FLOYD, SHUMAKER, W. L., SIHLER, O. F., SILCOX, S. F., SINDERSON, LELAND, SINGREY, JACKSON, SIVITS, W. A., SKEER, JACK, SMEADER, FLOYD, SMETHERS, T. J., SMITH, CLEMENT, SMITH, E. H., SMITH, GUY, SMITH, H. W., SMITH, L. H., SMITH, R. P., SNYDER, TED, SOLDNER, NOAH, SOMERS, EARL, SOMERS, HARRISON, SORTIS, GEORGE, SOUTHERN, W. R., SOWERS, JOHN, SOWERS, W. H., SOWLE, REX, SPARKS, R. A., SPEELMON, G. L., SPENCER, A. R., SPIETH, W. M., SPORE, RUSSELL, SPRADLIN, K. H., SPRUNGER, CALVIN, SROUFE, T. L., STACY, BENJAMIN, STANGER, GLENN, STANLEY, E. O., STANTON, JUDSON, STAUCH, L. C., STEEL, HARVE, STEPHENSON, H. M., STEUP, W. W., STEURY, P. P., STINE, DAVID, STINGER, R. L., STOCKBERGER, JOHN STOCKS, E. G. STOCKS, W. W., STOUDER, J. V.
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STREIDER, OTTO, STUCKY, LEO, STUTE, ARTHUR, SUNDAY, W. A., SWANK, ELTON, SWANTON, FRANK, SWARTZ, H. J., SWEENEY, E. A., SWIFT, F. E., TEAGARDEN, WILLIAM, TEGTMEYER, LAWRENCE, TELLEY, H. F., THIEME, GEORGE, THOMAS, C. A., THOMAS, D. W., THOMPSON, HARLEY, THOMPSON, K. E., THOMPSON, R. G., THOMSON, C. P., THURBER, EVERETT, TILLMAN, HERMAN, TILLMAN, H. A., TILMAN, N. S., TOWNSEND, J. G., TRAFGER, W. I., TRAUTMAN, C. H., TRAUTMAN, F. C., TRAVIS, ROBERT, TROSIN, F. W., TURNER, R. A., TURNER, SHEPPARD, TYNDALL, MARK, UECKER, WILLIAM, ULMER, ARTHUR, UNDERHILL, JOSEPH, VACHON, J. B., VACHON, L. A., VALENTINE, C. W., VALENTINE, F. A., VALENTINE, RALPH, VAN ALSTINE, ARTHUR, VAN BUSKIRK, JOHN, VANZANT, HERMAN, VASTANO, J., VEGALUES, A. R., VENDERLY, C. G., VOGT, CARL, VOLMERDING, H. F., VOLTZ, HARLAN, VONDERHAAR, OTTO, VORHEES, FOREST
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WALKER, FRANK, WALLACE, R. D., WALT, MIKE, WALTERS, R. L., WARNER, ELMER, WATSON, BARTELS, WATTERSON, CLARENCE, WEAVER, J. R., WEBER, B. C., WEBER, CLARENCE, WEBER, FREDERICK, WEBSTER, E.M., WEFEL, L., WELLS, EUGENE, WELLS, KENNETH, WERKMAN, GEORGE, WETZLE, W. C., WHARTON, RUSSEL, WHONSETLER, W. L., WIGGEN, E., WIGHT, WILLIAM, WILLIAMS, F. T., WILLIAMS, RAYMOND, WILLIAMS, T. W., WILLIAMS, WAYNE, WILSON, D. E., WILSON, F. D., WINNER, W. W., WINTEREGG, HOMER, WINTERS, C., WINTERS, WALTER, WITTE, E. W., WITTWER, AMOS, WOEHR, A. E., WOLF, ED., WOLLEY, J., WOLTZ, HALMON, WOODWORTH, I. E., WORDEN, ROY, WORKMAN, GEORGE, WUNDERLICK, T. R., WYSONG, C. L., WYSS, J. L., YOCUM, V. V., ZACHARIAS, JOHN, ZERBE, WILBER, ZIELINSKI, ALEX ZIMMERMAN, E. C. ZOLL, EARL, ZOLLINGER, ERWIN, ZURCHER, FRED
- 80 Years Ago This Week… posted November 12, 2008 on Around Fort Wayne blog.
- City honors World War I monument May 25, 2013 in The Journal Gazette newspaper
. Mayor Tom Henry joined local veterans, City Councilman Tom Didier and park officials Friday in rededicating a World War I memorial moved to McCulloch Park.
GE’s WWI memorial merits careNear the main entrance to one of General Electric’s buildings, behind the tall iron fence on the west side of Broadway, is a memorial installed 84 years ago.
- WWI memorial installed November 11, 1924 by Frank Gray in the November 20, 2012 The Journal Gazette newspaper.
- Fort Wayne World War I veteran will finally get grave marker His story inspired a local U.S. Army veteran to pursue getting a marker for the grave. by Kevin Kilbane published April 15, 2017 in The News-Sentinel newspaper.
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August 14, 2017 post by ARCH, Inc. on Facebook:
ARCH recently completed research for a new plaque that will list all 135 names of the fallen World War I soldiers from Allen County, which will be placed in the Memorial Grove at Memorial Park. Memorial Park was designed in 1918 as a living monument to local World War One veterans, including the designer Adolph Jaenicke’s own son. Living memorials such as this park were a new concept following WWI, and was part of a collective shift in how our country honored soldiers and veterans. Central to the living memorial here in Fort Wayne was Jaenicke’s design for a Memorial Grove. Intentionally located on a large hill, a planned landscape feature, the grove was planted with trees marked with the names of each of Fort Wayne’s deceased soldiers and nurses from WWI.
Harold T. Adams, William H. Ahrens, Spencer T. Alden,
Horace W. Barnes, Charles Baron, Russell C. Barrett, Lansing Behrman,
John C. Berry, Edward Bethner, Walter G. Betz, Samuel Bibo,
Leo J. Boaeuf, Albert B. Board, Alfred B. Boerger, Clifford Boleau,
Otto W. Boseker, Robert W. Bowser, Erhardt Bradtmueller,
Albert Brintzenhofe, Grace G. Buell, Henry C. Buuck, Russell S. Byrd,
Patricia L. Byron, Antino Confrancesco, Fred M. Cook, Harold A. Cox,
Delpheus C. Crall, Edward]. Cranston, George N. Cunion,
Robert N. Dickson, Davis A. Diffenderfer, William M. Dowling,
Frank L. Dullaghan,James Eby, Evertt W. Ecenbarger,
Edwin H. Echelmeier, Alfred Elion, Clarence B. English, Leon Engrom,
Garland Farley,John C. Farrell, Walter Feusufer,JamesJ. Fisher,
Walter F. Gabet, Robert Gabiel, Clyde R. George, William L. Gillespie,
Joseph A. Girard, Benedict H. Goodman Jr., Charles W. Greim,
Roy]. Gruber, Stephen A. Guinee, Henry F. Guth, William E. Harber,
Walter L. Hibbins, William R. Hilgeman, Edward Hill,John Hollehan,
Charles F. Hugenard,John E. Huron, Samuel M. Hurwitz,Jani Ioffcheff,
George D.Jackson, Kurt Jaenicke, Oscar C.Junge, Leslie C. Kayser,
Walter A. Knecht,John H. Koehn, Herbert H.A. Kramer,
Louis George Lauer, Paul J. Lauer, Arthur D. Long, Lloyd A. Long,
Leroy C. Mann, Roy Mason, Ralph McCormick, George E. McGill,
Gerald F. McKinnie, Allen F. McQuoid, Manford L. Melchi,
Fred G. Merklein, Karl Messerschmidt, Clarence D. Monte),
Arthur P. Mooney, Ralph F. Moses, Ross K. Murchland, Lewis Newman,
Roy Noel, William M. Ormsby.John E. Pitzen, Forest D. Platt, Elmer R.
Pond, Grover Poor, Wilbert Pope, Forest Powers, Edward]. Prover, Donald
Rank, Loren L. Reidinger, Howard C. Root, Norbert]. Ryan, William].
Ryan, Lee E. Sanders, Rufus 0. Sartain, Frank]. Savoy,JosephJ. Schultz,
John W. Shears, Charles T. Shepard, Lynn Y. Shoub, Daniel R. Slentz,
Forest Slusher, Ivan E. Smith, George R. Somerfeldt, Arnold L. Speck,
George A. Speck, Charles B. Spivey, Ernest H. Stahlhut, Ernest R. Thieme,
James F. Toutloff, Arthur Trosin, Clifford C. Uetrecht, Harry M. Wagner,
Clinton C. Walda, Ernest Warbritton, Harry Warfield, Virgil E. Weaver,
Edward Welling, Frank]. Wilkinson,James Williams, Carl Winklemeyer,
Russell H. Wood, Cleo M. Woods, Edward Woodworth, Edward L. Wright,
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November 11, 2018 post by Fort Wayne Parks and Recreation on Facebook:
Today we honor the brave men and women who serve our country, and we thank everyone who joined us at Memorial Park to unveil a new memorial to the 125 soldiers, sailors, and nurses who made the ultimate sacrifice at WWI.
Mayor Tom Henry posted a photo November 11, 2018 on Twitter.
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World War I Memorial Dedication
By Randy Harter
Fort Wayne Reader
2018-11-15
During WW I over 117,000 Americans lost their lives. Here in Indiana 135,000 Hoosiers served in the military and over 100 from Allen County gave the ultimate sacrifice. Both nationally and locally, patriotic fever ran high by the time Armistice took place on November 11, 1918, and rightfully so. A large temporary “Liberty Memorial Arch,” designed by architect Marshall Mahurin, was constructed on the sidewalk at the southwest corner of the courthouse square in September of 1918 that included the names of the local war dead. When this was later removed in 1921 it was promised to the Gold Star parents that a permanent memorial listing the deceased would later be erected.
After the war, Lebanon, Indiana sculptor E. M. Viquesney designed a commemorative statue called “The Spirit of the American Doughboy,” an Army infantryman holding a rifle, of which over 140 copies were made and erected in public spaces throughout the United States, generally on a plinth with a plaque below the statue listing those locally lost. Later, Viquesney sculpted a second figure, a sailor called “The Spirit of the American Navy.” Only seven of these were ever made. In 1927, nine years after the end of World War I a committee formed of members of the American Legion Post No. 47, Fort Wayne City Council, and the Allen County Commissioners determined that these two statues would be the focal points gracing the long awaited war memorial. Chosen to hold the two sculptures and four bronze plaques was a design for a large triple- arched white marble structure conceived by Captain John K. Shawvan. The parks department then let a contract to the Muldoon Monument Company of Louisville, Kentucky to fabricate and erect the memorial.
On November 12, 1928, ten years after the war’s end, a dedication was made of the completed memorial that had been placed in Memorial Park on Glasgow Avenue just north of Maumee. A mammoth parade that took 35 minutes to pass formed on Clinton Street between Wayne and Berry. It then marched to Washington Boulevard and continued east completing the route to the park. The parade included policemen on motorcycles, firemen, floats and cars full of officials, the General Electric Band, Concordia College Band, News-Sentinel Boys Band, American Legion Buglers, a drum corps, active military and veterans, Boy Scouts, families of the deceased, nurses from Methodist (Parkview), Lutheran and St. Joseph hospitals, community service and patriotic organizations, hundreds of school children and thousands of everyday citizens. Many stores closed and factories in town allowed military veterans off to participate in the parade and dedication.
At Memorial Park an estimated 12,000 assembled for a program that in part included the unveiling of the memorial, music and singing of patriotic songs, firing of a military salute, flowers dropped from a plane flown from the municipal airport (Baer/Smith Field), and as its keynote speaker, Colonel David N. Foster. The ceremony at the park was broadcast live over radio station WOWO.
Now, 90 years later, the WWI Memorial is in need of repair and the replacement of some pieces. The City of Fort Wayne Parks and Recreation department has recently completed an extensive accounting of the required work and is committed to having it performed as funds become available.
(Image Courtesy 1929 Parks Department Annual Report/ACPL)
Randy Harter is a Fort Wayne historian and co-author along with photographer Dan Baker of the newly released book “Fort Wayne Through Time”.
The same photo was posted October 4, 2018 by Hofer and Davis, Inc. Land Surveyors on Facebook.
For "Throwback Thursday" we share this picture of the dedication of the WORLD WAR MEMORIAL in Memorial Park. This is found in the TWENTY - FIFTH ANNUAL Report of Board of Park Commissioners in 1929. F.M. Randall was the Civil City Engineer in 1929, A.K. Hofer would become Department Engineer in 1930.
