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Havre de Grace War Memorial

Millard E. Tydings Memorial Park

 
 
Havre de Grace War Memorial, north face image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Richard E. Miller, August 26, 2010
1. Havre de Grace War Memorial, north face
Inscription.
1917 * This Memorial * 1918
erected by the citizens of Havre-de-Grace
as an expression of gratitude to those
of this community who served their
country in the Great World War.

*Honor Roll*
Lieut. Col. M. E. Tydings * Capt. Ira Burns
[Lieutenants:] James H. Bay * John C. Blizzard * Norman D. Claggett * Charles G. Cooley * G. H. Hergenrother * Samuel L. Leithiser * Lee R. Pennington * Ralph B. Segar *
[Sergeants:] Herbert L. Ambrose * Leslie F. Boling * William Broadwater * Harry M. Carsins * *Richard M. Cooling * Walter C. Deppish * William E. Green * Herbert R. McCommons * Charles B. McEwing * Harry J. Reasin * Norman W. Reynolds * Paul T. Segar * William F. Wallett * Albert E. Zealor *
[Corporals:] Casper E. Ansalvish * Donald R. Arthur * William F. Caponic * Edward Cloak * Oliver M. Currier * James Lee Curry * Robert C. Eye * William E. Fletcher * William C. Foster * Harry y H. Hipkins * Charles B. Horton * Thomas J. Kane * Edgar J. Keen * George E. Maurice * Thomas E. McClune * Hugh J. Murray * John H. Neidlein * Charles A. Reasin * N. O. E. Treadway * John Thorpy * Arthur G. Way * Wilson E. Wright * Robert V. Young.
[Privates:] Thomas Adams * Prosper Amato * Willard E. Anderson * Edgar R. Andrews * Robert Ansalvish * J.W. Baldwin * William F. Baldwin * Stanley M. Barrett * Howard A. Bauer * Lewis Bauer * David Bevan * Carroll E. Boyd * Gerald Boyd * Lawrence L. Boyd * James Leo Brown * John R. Brown * Paul C. Coakley * Clarence E. Cobourn * Robert B. Conroy * Harry A. Coy * Joseph I. Crawford * Jas. W.T. Crockett * Joseph M. Dorman * James J. Donnelly * Joseph W. Dye * William B. Dye * Richard Edwards * Elbert Fallon * John D. Franko * George H. Frederick * Asahel Fulton * Roy D. Fulton * Howard F. Gibson * David M. Gordon * Maurice Good * William O. Green * Jesse E. Harper * C. H. Hawkins
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* J. J. Hergenrother * Walter P. Hill * Barry J. Holmes * Robert L. Holmes * Harry B. House, Jr. * William H. House * Charles R. Hyland * Andrew L. Jackson * Cyrus L. Jackson * William M. Jackson * Lemuel F. Jamison * James A. Keen * Charles H. Keithley * William C. King * Craven Leigh * Daniel W. Lines * Herman A. Livezey * Thomas L. Mackin * Benjamin C. McClune * Samuel M. McCrone * Sherman S. McGavin * Willard A. Millman * Charles Miller * Frank E. Moore * Ralph S. Murphy * Morton Newmyer * Charles A. Packard * Walter Patterson * Harry S. Reed * Martin S. Robinson * Harvey Rumsey * John J. Salik * Howard E. Sampson * Roman Schmechel * Benjamin S. Silver * John L. Stearn * E. Ashton Steele * Augustus E. Styer * Albert F. Sutor * Grover C. Thompson * John W. Thompson * Alvin W. Towson * Wendell Treadway * William Trench, Jr. * Charles E. Ward * John M. Ward * George L. Wehm * William E. Welsh * Paul Williams * Albert W. Wingfield * D. Murray Woods * John A. Wright * John S. Zealor *
[Ensigns:] Reginald W. Arthur * Robert P. Rodgers * Theodore G. Schad
[Navy enlisted:] Albert K. Boyd * John F. Boyd * Walter R. Coakley * William B.
Havre de Grace War Memorial, south face image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Richard E. Miller, October 10, 2010
2. Havre de Grace War Memorial, south face
"Our flag shall wear a new lustre, and a new glory shall shine in the face of our people."
Edwards * Harry H. Jones * Harry E. Keen * Geo. Hayes Kennedy * William D. Leithiser * Walter Lee Martin * Wilton G. McGaw * James N. Pennington * Jesse C. Pusey * William F. Way * Stirling P. Willan * Thomas J. Young *
[Students' Army Training Corps:] George F. Burns * Charles J. Foley * David Fisher * Walter T. Jackson, Jr. * Robt. W. McCullough * William L. McMaster * Charles H. Parker *
[K of C.:] Joseph H. Moore.

* These Made The Supreme Sacrifice *
Sgt. James S. P. Fyle - Corp. Morris L. Abbott - Corp. Joseph I. Davis - Corp. R. B. Frederick - Pvt. R.E. Heimiller - Pvt. Wm. E. Hyland - Pvt. Homer L. Simonds - Pvt. John H. Spencer.


*Colored Troops*
Sgt. Robert James * Corp. Loyd A. Christie * Corp. William C. Jones
[Privates:] Russell Ash * Harry F. Bond * William C. Bond * Percy I. Bowser * Mack Bruce * Hamilton Christie * John E. Cole * George R. Collins * Frank E. Curtis * C. R. Deveeny * George H. Dutton * James O. Ellis * Charles E. Ennis * Chauncey M. Giles * Norval M. Giles * John W. Green * John E. Harris * Harry Hankins * John Haycock * S.T. Jackson * Herman James * Laurence E. Jones * Raymond Jones * Jesse B.
Havre De Grace War Memorial - focus on the community's "Colored Troops" image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Richard E. Miller, October 10, 2010
3. Havre De Grace War Memorial - focus on the community's "Colored Troops"
Kelly * Howard E. Peaco * Lyon L. Peaco * John W. Skinner * Homer Skirvin * John Smith * William Smith * Vernon Stansbury * Ernest W. Stokes * Winfield Stokes * Ernest R. Ward * Charles H. Webster * W.P. Webster * Robert J. Welsh * Howard White * Charles T. Wright.

Lest We Forget Their Valiant Deeds
1919

 
Erected 1919 by the citizens of Havre de Grace.
 
Topics. This historical marker and memorial is listed in these topic lists: African AmericansMilitaryWar, World I. A significant historical year for this entry is 1917.
 
Location. 39° 32.309′ N, 76° 5.373′ W. Marker is in Havre de Grace, Maryland, in Harford County. It can be reached from the intersection of Commerce Street and S. Washington Street, on the right when traveling east. Marker is in Millard Tydings Memorial Park, directly south of the Commerce/Washington Street intersection. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Havre de Grace MD 21078, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker and memorial is in Central Maryland. It is also in the American Mid-Atlantic, in the Chesapeake Bay Region, and on the Eastern Seaboard.
"Lest We Forget" image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Richard E. Miller, October 10, 2010
4. "Lest We Forget"
1989 re-dedication plaque "... upgrading this memorial to include veterans of all wars."
Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region, North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once one of the original Thirteen Colonies and also the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Capt. Anthony J. Synodinos & 1st Lt. Edward G. Conrad, (here, next to this marker); Votes for Women (within shouting distance of this marker); Ernest Burke (within shouting distance of this marker); Lower Susquehanna Heritage Greenway (within shouting distance of this marker); Enjoy the Havre de Grace Promenade (within shouting distance of this marker); Home Base (about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line); State of Readiness (about 300 feet away); The Bayou (about 400 feet away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Havre de Grace.
 
Also see . . .  Millard E. Tydings:. war hero, U.S. Senator ... (Submitted on October 17, 2010, by Richard E. Miller of Oxon Hill, Maryland.) 
 
Havre de Grace War Memorial, viewed from the north image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Richard E. Miller, October 10, 2010
5. Havre de Grace War Memorial, viewed from the north
- the re-dedication plaque is visible at lower right, marina off Chesapeake Bay in background.
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on December 14, 2020. It was originally submitted on October 17, 2010, by Richard E. Miller of Oxon Hill, Maryland. This page has been viewed 3,496 times since then and 56 times this year. Last updated on December 8, 2020, by Carl Gordon Moore Jr. of North East, Maryland. Photos:   1, 2, 3, 4, 5. submitted on October 17, 2010, by Richard E. Miller of Oxon Hill, Maryland. • J. Makali Bruton was the editor who published this page.
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