Middletown World War I Monument

From 1917 to 1918, Middletown honored its soldiers and sailors who died in service to their country on battlefields, on the high seas, or through pestilence, recalling Chemin des Dames, Seicheprey, Chateau Thierry, Saint Mihiel, Marcheville, Verdun, and the Argonne–Meuse. It dedicated their memory as a tribute to its heroic dead, an inspiration to the living to remain loyal to the ideals of the nation for which these men died, and a reminder to future generations of the solemn trust committed to them. Those named were Carl E. Allison, William B. Bates, Allyn M.C. Berrie, Gek Borus, Gustave E. Carlson, Arvid A. Cederholm, Earl R. Clark, Clarence Coe, Jeremiah J. Coleman, William H. Coughlin, Ernest W. Crosley, Clinton deForest, John D. Dunigan, Maurice P. Dwyer, Herbert Eckersley, James Geary, Guiseppe Giardino, Joseph A. Grace, Edward Gulstrand, Fred L. Hall, Lyman B. Hoops, Arthur L. Johnson, Aubrey G. King, Joseph Kowaleski, Alfonso Lese, Michael E. McDonald, Sebastiano Milardo, Raphael Paone, Angelo Piccolo, Wesley E. Rich, Raymond M. Roberts, Sebastian Romano, Maury J. Shea, Steven C. Smith, Jr., Robert M. Wilcox, and John W. Zawisza.

Middletown, Connecticut · United States