Citizens of Mitchell erected this memorial tablet and dedicated this grove in memory of the people of Davison County who made the supreme sacrifice in the Great World War for Democracy, 1917-1919: Howard Barton, John Curtis Berry, Lloyd A. Bishop, Severson Brainard, Peter V. Brethorst, Raymond S. Calkins, Emil H. Carlson, William H. Coacher, Wilber T. Derr, Leroy George Fox, Harold W. Gage, Harry A. Hansen, William H. Jordan, John W. Kempton, Emil Laurson, David McConnell, Clarence McCune, Ray L. McLean, P. H. McManamen, Father C. E. O'Flaherty, McKinley Pound, Emil Rosenquist, Edward Schmidt, Oliver L. Scott, Arthur Earle Shale, William B. Shepard, Lester L. Slagel, R. Carroll Thompson, and Carroll B. West. It declares, "The right is more precious than peace."