Lansdowne World War Monument

Lansdowne's World War monument honors Lansdowne High School students and Lansdowne residents who died while serving in the military during World War I. Built in 1921 in granite Beaux-Arts style from a design by Lansdowne resident Clarence Brazer and restored in 1998, it features large shields of the allied forces, smaller insignias for branches of the United States military, and eagles symbolizing the United States and its role in securing peace around the globe. Lieutenant Albert Clinton Wunderlich, U.S. Army, the first of these soldiers to die, fell at the Battle of Montfaucon in 1918, and Private First Class Edward McShane, U.S. Army, survived combat but died of disease while serving in France in 1919. It is dedicated to the men from Lansdowne who entered the Great World War of 1914-1918 and honors Edmund G Cook, Paul de Negre, Graham E Elder, Norman H Leonard, Edward F McShane, Howard B Melody, Joseph A Ryan, Soccorso Tecce, Raymond W Watson, John Weigel Jr, Edwin S Williams, and A Clinton Wunderlich.

Lansdowne, Pennsylvania · United States