This park was originally dedicated in memory of those who made the supreme sacrifice during World War I: Sidney Rankin Drew, Max M. Jenkins, Olie Johns, Gordon Beacher King, William Mandeville, James Harry Mason, Howard Russell Soper, John Howard Wilcox, Leon Claude Wilcox, Ernest Williams, Ray M. Crandle, Paul M. Turner, Leroy G. Clark, and Jane Delano. "They gave their today for your tomorrow"