World War I Memorial

Introduction

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This memorial obelisk topped with an eagle honors the men of Richmond County, GA that fought in World War I. The monument was erected in 1940 by the Richmond County Association. The simple monument includes two inscriptions, one commending all those who served and the other a line from a 1914 Kipling poem.

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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

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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.

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