The 1955 Wicomico County War Memorial

Designed by local citizen James K. Agnew and constructed in 1955 with help from local American Legion and Veterans of Foreign Wars posts, the Wicomico County War Memorial is a 32-foot-tall concrete monument with a time capsule containing a parchment scroll that originally held the names of 77 county citizens who gave their lives in World War 1, World War 2, and the Korean War. In 2014, citizen volunteers raised funds to renovate it, removed the scroll, added 90 more names from those wars, and added 33 names from the Vietnam, Iraq, and Afghanistan Wars since 1955. It honors Wicomico Countians who made the ultimate sacrifice for their country. The site also includes a 15cm German heavy field howitzer used in World War 1, manufactured in 1909 by Krupp Gun Works, capable of firing a 90-pound projectile at 725 miles per hour for 4.5 miles, and among the first modern German artillery pieces equipped with a recoil mechanism. Under Treaty of Versailles reparations, artillery pieces were surrendered to the Allies, and this gun was donated to the City of Salisbury by House of Representatives Resolution 3114, sponsored by William Noble Andrews of Hurlock, Maryland, serving the 1st Congressional District from 1919 to 1921, in November 1919, directing the Committee on Military Affairs to authorize the Secretary of War to send one German fieldpiece and carriage to the City of Salisbury, Maryland; it stood in City Park for many years before being moved to this site for the rededication.

Salisbury, Maryland · United States