World War I Memorial
Introduction
Text-to-speech Audio
Images
WWI Monument
Eagle at the top of the obelisk
Main inscription
The inscription on the back is a line from a 1914 Rudyard Kipling poem
US Insignia
Backstory and Context
Text-to-speech Audio
Inscription:
"The men of Richmond County, of every creed and color, who served at their country's call that aggression and lawless force should not dominate the world."
The reverse side of the monument says: What stands if freedom fall? - Kipling 1914 (This is a line from Rudyard Kipling's 1914 poem "For All We Have And Are")
Augusta Area WWI men who died in service (from the Augusta Memorial Wall of Honor)
CLAUDE A. BARKER
LOUIS C. BATTEY, CAPT, US ARMY
WILLIAM P. BATTLE, JR, SGT
BARNEY BIVENS, CPL
DAVIS ADAM BOTTOM, LT
SAMUEL C. BOUZARDT
JACK CARR BYRD
WILLIE CALDWELL
THOMAS EDWARD COCHRELL
WILLIAM J. COONEY
JAMES W. CROWE
BEN CUMMING
THOMAS CUMMING, LT
FOSTER DAVENPORT
JOHN ALLEN DAVIS
ALLEN SETH EDWARDS, S2C, USN
CLARENCE EPPS
LAWTON B. EVANS, JR, LT
HENRY GARRETT
ERNEST N. GAY
DAN GIBSON
EULIE T. GOOLSBY
DAVID HARRIS GREENE, SA, USN
OLIVER R. HARDEMAN, CPL
WILLIE HARRIS
FOREST H. HARRISON, PVT
JAMES B. HESTER
WILLIE JAMES HICKSON, USN
JOHN W. HOGAN, SGT
WILLIAM M. HORNE, F3C, USN
WILLIE E. JONES, SGT
SHEPARD JORDAN, CPL
JOSH KEENER
WILLIAM EDWARD KENT, S2C, USN
ANDREW KEY
ANTHONY KNUCK, PVT
ARCHIE MCCORCKLE
FRANK B. MCCOY, COL
IRA MILLARD MOORE
DANIEL DAVID MORRIS
T. A. MURPHEY, SGT
FRAMPTON PAGE
JOHN NEELY PAGE
NORMAN PFLAGER, PVT
WILLIE PHILLIPS
GEORGE T. PITTMAN, PVT
BURR WISE POWELL
WILLIE READY
JOHN HENRY REESE
TOM REESE
ASHLEY F. RUSHING
OWEN ALDERMAN SIMS, USN
SAMUEL SMITH
THURMAN LEE SWANCY, CPL
DAVID THOMAS, PVT
M. C. TROWBRIDGE
FRED E. TURNER
LEE WALTON VERDERY, LT
JOHN A. WALKER, SGT
MACK WALTHOUR
CARL WILLIAMS
MARVIN G. WRIGHT
ALVIN YOUNGBLOOD, PVT
Sources
"Augusta--World War I Eagle Monument." The United States World War One Centennial Commission. November 15, 2016. Accessed April 12, 2021. https://www.worldwar1centennial.org/index.php/component/gmapfp/458:augusta-world-war-i-eagle-monument.html?view=gmapfp.
“Monuments and Memorials.” Augusta, Georgia. Accessed April 12, 2021. https://www.augustaga.gov/2150/Monuments-and-Memorials.
"Augusta--World War I Eagle Monument." The United States World War One Centennial Commission. November 15, 2016. Accessed April 12, 2021. https://www.worldwar1centennial.org/index.php/component/gmapfp/458:augusta-world-war-i-eagle-monument.html?view=gmapfp.
"Augusta--World War I Eagle Monument." The United States World War One Centennial Commission. November 15, 2016. Accessed April 12, 2021. https://www.worldwar1centennial.org/index.php/component/gmapfp/458:augusta-world-war-i-eagle-monument.html?view=gmapfp.
"Augusta--World War I Eagle Monument." The United States World War One Centennial Commission. November 15, 2016. Accessed April 12, 2021. https://www.worldwar1centennial.org/index.php/component/gmapfp/458:augusta-world-war-i-eagle-monument.html?view=gmapfp.
"Augusta--World War I Eagle Monument." The United States World War One Centennial Commission. November 15, 2016. Accessed April 12, 2021. https://www.worldwar1centennial.org/index.php/component/gmapfp/458:augusta-world-war-i-eagle-monument.html?view=gmapfp.
"Augusta--World War I Eagle Monument." The United States World War One Centennial Commission. November 15, 2016. Accessed April 12, 2021. https://www.worldwar1centennial.org/index.php/component/gmapfp/458:augusta-world-war-i-eagle-monument.html?view=gmapfp.